Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left 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

$228.19

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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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$228.19

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.

$11.54 with Healthspring vs $187.12 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
Healthspring MCRHMO $11.54 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $11.54 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.54 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.54 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.54 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $11.54 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.54 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $11.54 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $11.54 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint MGMCD $11.54 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $11.54 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.66 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.66 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.66 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $11.77 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $11.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $12.00 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.12 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.12 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.12 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.12 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.12 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.12 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.69 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.27 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $15.23 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MGMCD $15.23 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $15.97 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.62 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.96 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $22.52 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $34.51 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.51 ↓ -85%
United HeritageSelect $34.51 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $43.36 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $50.12 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $50.43 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $54.77 ↓ -76%
Cigna OAP $56.93 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $63.89 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $66.86 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $102.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $114.09 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $148.32 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $177.99 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $187.12 ↓ -18%

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $34.07 $20.02 – $66.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $27.24 $18.02 – $64.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $24.15 $20.02 – $35.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.92 $18.02 – $64.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $74.10 $11.54 – $59.44
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $34.07 $12.89 – $66.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $34.07 $12.89 – $66.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $34.07 $12.89 – $66.56

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