Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme 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

$709.48

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.

$709.48

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.

$39.77 with United vs $581.77 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
United MASNP $39.77 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint MGMCD $39.77 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $39.77 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $39.77 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $39.77 ↓ -94%
Alive Hospice MCR $39.77 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPPO $39.77 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPOS $39.77 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRHMO $39.77 ↓ -94%
Healthspring DualEligible $39.77 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $39.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $40.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $40.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $40.17 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $40.57 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $40.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $41.36 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $41.76 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $41.76 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $41.76 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $41.76 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $41.76 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $41.76 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $43.75 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $45.74 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $49.66 ↓ -93%
Wellcare CHIP $52.50 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MGMCD $52.50 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $57.27 ↓ -92%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $58.46 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $85.91 ↓ -88%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $134.80 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $156.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $170.28 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $198.65 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $207.88 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $319.27 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $354.74 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $461.16 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $553.39 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $581.77 ↓ -18%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $46.82 $32.45 – $266.41
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $202.17 $48.30 – $3,642.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $78.66 $32.45 – $362.88
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $288.91 $48.30 – $3,642.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $39.15 $32.65 – $408.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $348.96 $32.45 – $266.41
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $60.03 $32.65 – $274.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $39.15 $32.65 – $408.14

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