Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac or bypass grafts complete 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

$1,068.86

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.

$1,068.86

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.

$74.82 with Molina vs $1,482.00 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
Molina MCD $74.82 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $160.33 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $167.81 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $203.08 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $206.29 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $213.77 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $224.46 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $236.22 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $267.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $313.18 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $450.95 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $480.99 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $512.22 ↓ -52%
Aetna NAP $534.43 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $694.76 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $833.71 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $876.47 ↓ -18%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↑ +39%

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Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac or bypass grafts complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $384.66 $108.35 – $407.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $515.04 $132.73 – $1,218.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $736.02 $132.73 – $1,218.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $344.25 $117.72 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $384.66 $108.35 – $407.01
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $337.87 $76.07 – $326.78
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $344.25 $54.77 – $485.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $344.25 $91.28 – $543.24

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