Susceptibility mic per plate 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.

$3.89 with Wellpoint vs $148.42 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.89
Aetna NewBusiness $6.88
Aetna COMM $6.88
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.65
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.65
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.65
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.65
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.65
Healthspring DualEligible $8.65
Bright Health HIX $8.65
Wellcare MCR $8.65
Alive Hospice MCR $8.65
Molina MCD $8.65
United AllPayerAppendix $8.65
United CorePayer $8.65
United HeritageSelect $8.65
United MASNP $8.65
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.65
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.65
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.74
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.74
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.74
United MGMCR $8.82
Zing MGMCR $8.91
Ambetter Select $9.00
BCBS MCR $9.00
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.08
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.08
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.08
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.08
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.08
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.08
Ambetter CORE $9.34
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.52
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.95
Wellcare MGMCD $11.42
Wellcare CHIP $11.42
BCBS NetworkP $11.80
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.72
Cigna NewBusiness $15.58
Cigna OAP $17.70
Oscar HIX $25.95
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $34.39
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $34.60
Humana BroadNetwork $34.60
Humana HumanaChoice $34.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $34.60
United OptionsPPO $40.00
Cigna PPO $53.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $81.45
Aetna NAP $90.50
City of Springfield COMM $117.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $141.18
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $148.42

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $107.91 $3.11 – $33.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $7.69 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $53.82 $7.53 – $17.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $7.69 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $15.30 $4.33 – $18.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $107.91 $6.07 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $107.91 $6.07 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $107.91 $6.07 – $33.86

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