Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
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Cash price 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 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.
$0.83 with Cigna vs $151.12 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | NewBusiness | $0.83 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $0.94 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $1.75 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.75 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $1.75 | — |
| Molina | MCD | $12.90 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $27.64 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $27.64 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $27.64 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $40.73 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $46.07 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $54.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $82.93 | — |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $119.79 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $143.75 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $151.12 | — |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $46.35 | $0.82 – $13.04 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $5.45 | $0.76 – $6.58 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $47.61 | $0.64 – $13.04 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $7.78 | $0.76 – $6.58 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $7.26 | $7.08 – $18.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $46.35 | $0.82 – $13.04 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $46.35 | $0.82 – $13.04 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $46.35 | $0.82 – $13.04 |