Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$326.16

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.

$326.16

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.

$9.88 with Wellpoint vs $267.45 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 $9.88 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $17.46 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $21.96 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPPO $21.96 ↓ -93%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $21.96 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPOS $21.96 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRHMO $21.96 ↓ -93%
Healthspring DualEligible $21.96 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $21.96 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $21.96 ↓ -93%
Alive Hospice MCR $21.96 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $21.96 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.96 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $21.96 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $21.96 ↓ -93%
United MASNP $21.96 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCR $21.96 ↓ -93%
Bright Health SmallGroup $21.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $22.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $22.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $22.18 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $22.40 ↓ -93%
Zing MGMCR $22.62 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Select $22.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCR $22.84 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $23.06 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $23.06 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $23.06 ↓ -93%
Evergreen HMO MCR $23.06 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $23.06 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $23.06 ↓ -93%
Ambetter CORE $23.71 ↓ -93%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $24.16 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $25.25 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MGMCD $28.99 ↓ -91%
Wellcare CHIP $28.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS NetworkP $29.96 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $31.62 ↓ -90%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $32.28 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $44.54 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $61.97 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $65.88 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $72.08 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $87.84 ↓ -73%
Humana BroadNetwork $87.84 ↓ -73%
Humana HumanaChoice $87.84 ↓ -73%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $87.84 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $95.56 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $146.77 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $163.08 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $212.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $254.40 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $267.45 ↓ -18%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $103.26 $7.91 – $84.67
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $45.88 $19.51 – $72.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.72 $19.11 – $43.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.57 $19.51 – $72.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $38.40 $10.98 – $47.87
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $103.26 $15.40 – $84.67
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $103.26 $15.40 – $84.67
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $103.26 $15.40 – $84.67

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