Tlso r fram soft pre ots 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.

$387.19 with Healthspring vs $569.17 with NovaNET — 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
Healthspring MCRHMO $387.19
Healthspring MCRPPO $387.19
Wellcare MCR $387.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $387.19
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $387.19
United MASNP $387.19
Amerigroup MGMCR $387.19
Wellpoint MGMCD $387.19
Alive Hospice MCR $387.19
Healthspring DualEligible $387.19
Healthspring MCRPOS $387.19
Aetna MGMCRHMO $391.06
Aetna MGMCRPPO $391.06
Aetna MGMCRSNP $391.06
United MGMCR $394.93
Zing MGMCR $398.81
BCBS MCR $402.68
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $406.55
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $406.55
Evergreen HMO MCR $406.55
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $406.55
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $406.55
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $406.55
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $425.91
Bright Health MCRNarrow $445.27
Wellcare CHIP $511.09
Wellcare MGMCD $511.09
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $557.55
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $569.17

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Tlso r fram soft pre ots at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $3,904.50 $189.32 – $11,713.50
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $302.10 – $444.09
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $293.04 – $444.09
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $271.89 – $444.09
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $217.51 – $444.09
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $217.51 – $444.09
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $271.89 – $444.09
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $271.89 – $444.09

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