Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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.

$7.19 with BCBS vs $14.87 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 $7.19
Cigna NewBusiness $7.38
Cigna OAP $8.39
United AllPayerAppendix $14.87
United CorePayer $14.87
United HeritageSelect $14.87

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $3,541.70 $3.12 – $1,213.89
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $3,541.70 $2.08 – $1,235.27
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $1,770.85 $2.08 – $1,235.27
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $3,541.70 $1.74 – $1,358.06
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE $11,151.37 $7.19 – $14.87
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $2,715.31 $2.13 – $1,629.17
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $2,986.84 $2.13 – $1,629.17
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $2,624.80 $2.13 – $3,603.37

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →