Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER

100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$82.38 with Healthspring vs $121.10 with NovaNET — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Healthspring MCRHMO $82.38
Healthspring MCRPPO $82.38
Wellcare MCR $82.38
Devoted Health Plan MCR $82.38
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $82.38
United MASNP $82.38
Amerigroup MGMCR $82.38
Wellpoint MGMCD $82.38
Alive Hospice MCR $82.38
Healthspring DualEligible $82.38
Healthspring MCRPOS $82.38
Aetna MGMCRHMO $83.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $83.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $83.20
United MGMCR $84.03
Zing MGMCR $84.85
BCBS MCR $85.68
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $86.50
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $86.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $86.50
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $86.50
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $86.50
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $86.50
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $90.62
Bright Health MCRNarrow $94.74
Wellcare CHIP $108.74
Wellcare MGMCD $108.74
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $118.63
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $121.10

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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $35.65 $101.20 – $181.65
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $36.45 $61.11 – $206.66
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $36.45 $96.37 – $231.30
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $36.45 $96.37 – $231.30
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $36.45 $92.17 – $200.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $79.73 – $124.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $78.58 – $122.23
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $78.58 – $122.23

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →