Very long chain fatty acids 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

$166.57

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.

$166.57

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.

$8.89 with Wellpoint vs $136.59 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $8.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $15.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $15.70 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $19.75 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPPO $19.75 ↓ -88%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $19.75 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPOS $19.75 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRHMO $19.75 ↓ -88%
Healthspring DualEligible $19.75 ↓ -88%
Bright Health HIX $19.75 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MCR $19.75 ↓ -88%
Alive Hospice MCR $19.75 ↓ -88%
Molina MCD $19.75 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -88%
United CorePayer $19.75 ↓ -88%
United HeritageSelect $19.75 ↓ -88%
United MASNP $19.75 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -88%
Bright Health SmallGroup $19.75 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.95 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.95 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.95 ↓ -88%
United MGMCR $20.14 ↓ -88%
Zing MGMCR $20.34 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Select $20.54 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCR $20.54 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $20.74 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $20.74 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $20.74 ↓ -88%
Evergreen HMO MCR $20.74 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $20.74 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $20.74 ↓ -88%
Ambetter CORE $21.33 ↓ -87%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $21.73 ↓ -87%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $22.71 ↓ -86%
BCBS NetworkP $24.63 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MGMCD $26.07 ↓ -84%
Wellcare CHIP $26.07 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28.44 ↓ -83%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.03 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $31.65 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $35.18 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $36.81 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP $39.96 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $48.81 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $59.25 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $74.96 ↓ -55%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $79.00 ↓ -53%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $79.00 ↓ -53%
Humana HumanaChoice $79.00 ↓ -53%
Humana BroadNetwork $79.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna NAP $83.28 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $108.27 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $129.92 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $136.59 ↓ -18%

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $103.60 $7.55 – $245.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $148.05 $7.55 – $245.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $253.47 $18.76 – $39.50
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $211.80 $17.18 – $39.50
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $204.25 $8.89 – $59.25
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $1,391.39 $8.89 – $59.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $7.11 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $12.66 – $69.98

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