Sickling rbc 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

$501.71

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.

$501.71

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.

$2.48 with Wellpoint vs $411.40 with Multiplan — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.48 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $4.38 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.51 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.51 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.51 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.51 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.51 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $5.51 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $5.51 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $5.51 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $5.51 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $5.51 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.51 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $5.51 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $5.51 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $5.51 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.51 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.57 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.62 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $5.68 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $5.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $5.73 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.79 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.79 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $5.95 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.06 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.34 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $7.27 ↓ -99%
Wellcare CHIP $7.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $7.53 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.93 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.10 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $9.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $11.14 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $16.53 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $22.04 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $22.04 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $22.04 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $22.04 ↓ -96%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $95.32 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $110.88 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $147.00 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $225.77 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $250.85 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $326.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $391.33 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $411.40 ↓ -18%

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Sickling rbc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $156.71 $1.98 – $21.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $31.38 $4.89 – $72.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $49.68 $4.79 – $11.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $44.84 $4.89 – $72.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.60 $2.76 – $12.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $156.71 $3.87 – $21.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $156.71 $3.87 – $21.44
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $156.71 $3.87 – $21.44

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