29/100
#1,921 nationally
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center
100 Northcrest Drive, Springfield, TN 37172 · (615) 384-2411
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tristar Northcrest Medical Center billed $7.11 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 7.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #41
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $29,672 | $2,333 | +53% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $30,669 | $4,353 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $20,882 | $3,003 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $70,777 | $11,870 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $15,921 | $1,755 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $15,408 | $1,337 | +53% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $48,703 | $10,556 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $25,710 | $2,746 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $21,698 | $2,789 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $61,825 | $15,186 | -5% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,677 | $2,742 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,606 | $1,520 | +75% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,554 | $10,787 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,408 | $1,337 | +53% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,672 | $2,333 | +53% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$70,777 | $11,870 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,278 | $8,593 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,710 | $2,746 | +35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$61,825 | $15,186 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$54,866 | $12,749 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,882 | $3,003 | about average |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$32,840 | $6,925 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,434 | $1,385 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,698 | $2,789 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,669 | $4,353 | +12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$48,703 | $10,556 | +12% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.