Small animal inoculation 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.

$7.58 with Wellpoint vs $67.36 with Humana — 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 $7.58
Aetna NewBusiness $13.39
Aetna COMM $13.39
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.84
Alive Hospice MCR $16.84
Wellcare MCR $16.84
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.84
Molina MCD $16.84
United AllPayerAppendix $16.84
United CorePayer $16.84
United HeritageSelect $16.84
United MASNP $16.84
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.84
Bright Health HIX $16.84
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.84
Healthspring DualEligible $16.84
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.84
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.84
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.84
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.01
United MGMCR $17.18
Zing MGMCR $17.35
Ambetter Select $17.51
BCBS MCR $17.51
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.68
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.68
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.68
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.68
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.68
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.68
Ambetter CORE $18.19
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.52
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.37
Wellcare MGMCD $22.23
Wellcare CHIP $22.23
BCBS NetworkP $22.97
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.25
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.75
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99
Cigna OAP $34.06
Oscar HIX $50.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.36
Humana HumanaChoice $67.36
Humana BroadNetwork $67.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.36

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Small animal inoculation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.06 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $11.80 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $11.80 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $11.80 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $15.16 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $15.16 – $65.46
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $7.58 – $50.52
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $7.58 – $50.52

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