Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci 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.

$4,500.00 with BCBS vs $10,987.80 with United — 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
BCBS NetworkP $4,500.00
Cigna NewBusiness $4,743.00
Cigna OAP $5,393.25
United AllPayerAppendix $10,987.80
United CorePayer $10,987.80
United HeritageSelect $10,987.80

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Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $529.65 $837.39 – $17,335.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $2,617.05 $775.36 – $5,890.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $583.95 $343.68 – $18,810.78
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $583.95 $572.80 – $17,640.44
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $529.65 $859.20 – $18,810.78
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $583.95 $572.80 – $17,640.44
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $583.95 $477.34 – $19,393.91
Johnson County Community Hospital MOUNTAIN CITY $812.13 $837.39 – $19,563.22

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