Warde 3400852 arsenic 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.

$8.54 with Wellpoint vs $1,101.97 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 $8.54
Aetna NewBusiness $15.08
Aetna COMM $15.08
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.97
Healthspring MCRPPO $18.97
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.97
Healthspring MCRPOS $18.97
Healthspring MCRHMO $18.97
Healthspring DualEligible $18.97
Bright Health HIX $18.97
Wellcare MCR $18.97
Alive Hospice MCR $18.97
Molina MCD $18.97
United AllPayerAppendix $18.97
United CorePayer $18.97
United HeritageSelect $18.97
United MASNP $18.97
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.97
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.97
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.16
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.16
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.16
United MGMCR $19.35
Zing MGMCR $19.54
Ambetter Select $19.73
BCBS MCR $19.73
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.92
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.92
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.92
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.92
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.92
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.92
Ambetter CORE $20.49
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.87
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.82
Wellcare MGMCD $25.04
Wellcare CHIP $25.04
BCBS NetworkP $25.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $27.32
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.89
Cigna NewBusiness $34.03
Cigna OAP $38.65
Oscar HIX $56.91
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $75.88
Humana HumanaChoice $75.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $75.88
Humana BroadNetwork $75.88
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $255.34
United OptionsPPO $297.00
Cigna PPO $393.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $604.74
Aetna NAP $671.93
City of Springfield COMM $873.52
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,048.22
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,101.97

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Warde 3400852 arsenic at other Tennessee hospitals

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.81 $6.83 – $73.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $39.08 $16.86 – $92.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $66.70 $16.50 – $37.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $55.84 $16.86 – $92.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.30 $9.49 – $41.35
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.81 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.81 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.81 $13.31 – $73.36

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