Pt wheelchair management each 15 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.

$26.02 with United vs $326.00 with Aetna — 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
United MASNP $26.02
Amerigroup MGMCR $26.02
Wellpoint MGMCD $26.02
Devoted Health Plan MCR $26.02
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $26.02
Alive Hospice MCR $26.02
Healthspring MCRPPO $26.02
Healthspring DualEligible $26.02
Healthspring MCRPOS $26.02
Wellcare MCR $26.02
Healthspring MCRHMO $26.02
Aetna MGMCRPPO $26.28
Aetna MGMCRHMO $26.28
Aetna MGMCRSNP $26.28
United MGMCR $26.54
Zing MGMCR $26.80
BCBS MCR $27.06
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $27.32
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $27.32
Evergreen HMO MCR $27.32
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $27.32
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $27.32
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $27.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $28.62
Bright Health MCRNarrow $29.93
Wellcare CHIP $34.35
Wellcare MGMCD $34.35
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $37.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $38.25
BCBS NetworkP $63.29
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00
Aetna COMM $326.00

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $46.82 $13.66 – $67.11
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.32 $14.40 – $189.52
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $47.61 $13.66 – $20.63
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $30.46 $15.12 – $189.52
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $15.85 – $64.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $46.82 $13.66 – $67.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $46.82 $13.66 – $67.11
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $46.82 $20.41 – $67.11

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →