Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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

$1,080.04

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.

$1,080.04

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.

$42.42 with BCBS vs $885.63 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
BCBS NetworkP $42.42 ↓ -96%
Molina MCD $75.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $125.10 ↓ -88%
Aetna NewBusiness $125.10 ↓ -88%
Humana BroadNetwork $153.80 ↓ -86%
Humana HumanaChoice $153.80 ↓ -86%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $153.80 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $153.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $162.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $162.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $162.01 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $205.21 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $238.69 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $272.17 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $308.89 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $316.45 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $486.02 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $540.02 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $702.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $842.43 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $885.63 ↓ -18%

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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $77.51 $67.97 – $143.94
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $50.70 $86.68 – $143.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $163.98 $47.68 – $157.79
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $163.98 $47.68 – $177.82
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $156.15 $47.68 – $225.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $156.15 $51.08 – $118.55
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $49.68 $48.16 – $144.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $50.70 $34.67 – $338.00

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