Str markers spec anal addl 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.

$123.00 with BCBS vs $1,219.24 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
BCBS NetworkP $123.00
Wellpoint MGMCD $137.16
Aetna NewBusiness $242.33
Aetna COMM $242.33
Alive Hospice MCR $304.81
Wellcare MCR $304.81
Devoted Health Plan MCR $304.81
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $304.81
Molina MCD $304.81
United AllPayerAppendix $304.81
United CorePayer $304.81
United HeritageSelect $304.81
United MASNP $304.81
Amerigroup MGMCR $304.81
Bright Health HIX $304.81
Bright Health SmallGroup $304.81
Healthspring DualEligible $304.81
Healthspring MCRHMO $304.81
Healthspring MCRPOS $304.81
Healthspring MCRPPO $304.81
Aetna MGMCRSNP $307.86
Aetna MGMCRPPO $307.86
Aetna MGMCRHMO $307.86
United MGMCR $310.91
Zing MGMCR $313.95
Ambetter Select $317.00
BCBS MCR $317.00
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $320.05
Evergreen HMO MCR $320.05
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $320.05
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $320.05
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $320.05
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $320.05
Ambetter CORE $329.20
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $335.29
Bright Health MCRNarrow $350.53
Wellcare MGMCD $402.35
Wellcare CHIP $402.35
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $438.93
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $448.07
Cigna NewBusiness $543.29
Cigna OAP $617.00
Oscar HIX $914.43
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,219.24
Humana HumanaChoice $1,219.24
Humana BroadNetwork $1,219.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,219.24

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Str markers spec anal addl at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $164.64 $99.93 – $609.62
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $208.89 $137.16 – $569.70
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $208.89 $137.16 – $569.70
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $208.89 $137.16 – $569.70
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $189.90 $137.16 – $569.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $99.93 – $956.06
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $99.93 – $956.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $99.93 – $956.06

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