So gsap cll fr dna/dna&rna 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.

$1,195.83 with Healthspring vs $3,587.49 with Oscar — 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
Healthspring MCRPOS $1,195.83
Healthspring DualEligible $1,195.83
Wellcare MCR $1,195.83
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,195.83
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,195.83
Alive Hospice MCR $1,195.83
BCBS NetworkP $1,195.83
Amerigroup MGMCR $1,195.83
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,195.83
Molina MCD $1,195.83
United AllPayerAppendix $1,195.83
Healthspring MCRHMO $1,195.83
United CorePayer $1,195.83
United HeritageSelect $1,195.83
United MASNP $1,195.83
Wellpoint MGMCD $1,195.83
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,207.79
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,207.79
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,207.79
United MGMCR $1,219.75
Zing MGMCR $1,231.70
Ambetter Select $1,243.66
BCBS MCR $1,243.66
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,255.62
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,255.62
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,255.62
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,255.62
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,255.62
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,255.62
Ambetter CORE $1,291.49
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,315.41
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,375.20
Wellcare CHIP $1,578.50
Wellcare MGMCD $1,578.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,722.00
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,757.87
Cigna NewBusiness $2,132.25
Cigna OAP $2,421.54
Oscar HIX $3,587.49

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So gsap cll fr dna/dna&rna at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $50.00 – $2,104.66
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $50.00 – $2,523.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $50.00 – $2,523.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $50.00 – $2,523.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $50.00 – $2,451.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $50.00 – $2,523.20
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $1,195.83 – $3,587.49
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1,159.96 – $3,587.49

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