St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$936.38

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.

$936.38

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.

$65.55 with Molina vs $767.83 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
Molina MCD $65.55 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $80.46 ↓ -91%
Alive Hospice MCR $80.46 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $80.46 ↓ -91%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $80.46 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPPO $80.46 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPOS $80.46 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRHMO $80.46 ↓ -91%
Healthspring DualEligible $80.46 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint MGMCD $80.46 ↓ -91%
United MASNP $80.46 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCR $80.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $81.26 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $81.26 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $81.26 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $82.07 ↓ -91%
Zing MGMCR $82.87 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCR $83.68 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $84.48 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $84.48 ↓ -91%
Evergreen HMO MCR $84.48 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $84.48 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $84.48 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $84.48 ↓ -91%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $88.51 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $92.53 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MGMCD $106.21 ↓ -89%
Wellcare CHIP $106.21 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $115.86 ↓ -88%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $118.28 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $140.46 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $147.01 ↓ -84%
BCBS NetworkP $170.82 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $177.91 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $180.72 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $187.28 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $196.64 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $206.94 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $224.73 ↓ -76%
Cigna NewBusiness $235.97 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $262.19 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $267.80 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $274.36 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $421.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $468.19 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $608.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $730.38 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $767.83 ↓ -18%

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