Volume measurement urine timed 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

$231.03

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.

$231.03

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.

$1.64 with Wellpoint vs $189.44 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 $1.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $2.89 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $3.64 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $3.64 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $3.64 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $3.64 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $3.64 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.64 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $3.64 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $3.64 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $3.64 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.64 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.68 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $3.71 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $3.75 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $3.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $3.79 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.82 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.82 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.82 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.82 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.82 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $3.93 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $4.09 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.19 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MGMCD $4.80 ↓ -98%
Wellcare CHIP $4.80 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.24 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.35 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $6.35 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $7.21 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $10.92 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $14.56 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $14.56 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $14.56 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $14.56 ↓ -94%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $43.90 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $51.06 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $67.69 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $103.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $115.52 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $150.17 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $180.20 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $189.44 ↓ -18%

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Volume measurement urine timed at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $7.70 $2.66 – $18.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.11 $3.17 – $7.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $11.00 $2.66 – $18.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.40 $1.82 – $7.94
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $5.06 $2.13 – $7.94
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $5.40 $1.53 – $7.94
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $5.40 $1.82 – $8.74
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $5.40 $1.82 – $7.94

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