Trnsplj pd lvr&bwl cd154+cll 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.

$288.33 with Wellpoint vs $1,922.19 with Oscar — 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 $288.33
Aetna COMM $509.38
Aetna NewBusiness $509.38
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $640.73
Healthspring MCRPPO $640.73
Wellcare MCR $640.73
Alive Hospice MCR $640.73
Devoted Health Plan MCR $640.73
BCBS NetworkP $640.73
Amerigroup MGMCR $640.73
Healthspring MCRPOS $640.73
Healthspring MCRHMO $640.73
Bright Health HIX $640.73
Bright Health SmallGroup $640.73
Healthspring DualEligible $640.73
Molina MCD $640.73
United AllPayerAppendix $640.73
United CorePayer $640.73
United HeritageSelect $640.73
United MASNP $640.73
Aetna MGMCRPPO $647.14
Aetna MGMCRSNP $647.14
Aetna MGMCRHMO $647.14
United MGMCR $653.54
Zing MGMCR $659.95
BCBS MCR $666.36
Ambetter Select $666.36
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $672.77
Evergreen HMO MCR $672.77
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $672.77
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $672.77
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $672.77
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $672.77
Ambetter CORE $691.99
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $704.80
Bright Health MCRNarrow $736.84
Wellcare CHIP $845.76
Wellcare MGMCD $845.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $922.65
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $941.87
Cigna NewBusiness $1,142.54
Cigna OAP $1,297.56
Oscar HIX $1,922.19

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Trnsplj pd lvr&bwl cd154+cll at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $576.66 – $1,127.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $576.66 – $1,351.94
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $576.66 – $1,351.94
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $576.66 – $1,351.94
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $576.66 – $1,313.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $576.66 – $1,351.94
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $288.33 – $1,922.19
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $288.33 – $1,922.19

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