Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img 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.

$145.56 with Humana vs $1,623.62 with United — 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
Humana BroadNetwork $145.56
Humana HumanaChoice $145.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $145.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $145.56
BCBS NetworkP $251.81
Aetna COMM $419.24
Aetna NewBusiness $419.24
Cigna NewBusiness $760.91
Cigna OAP $864.30
United HeritageSelect $1,623.62
United AllPayerAppendix $1,623.62
United CorePayer $1,623.62

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy sgl day img at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,509.60 $233.16 – $3,570.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,157.30 $233.16 – $3,570.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $181.73 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $838.19 $156.66 – $2,035.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $177.29 – $1,252.56
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $452.25 $181.73 – $1,236.21
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $220.89 – $1,252.56
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $452.25 $181.73 – $1,236.21

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