5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER
355 NEW SHACKLE ISLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1538114434
$34.29
Cash price 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.
$34.29
Gross charge 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.
$5.14 with Aetna vs $31.55 with Beech Street — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $5.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $5.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $5.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $6.31 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $7.89 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $7.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $8.57 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $8.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $9.99 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OAP | $11.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | PPO | $11.52 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $15.43 | ↓ -55% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $17.14 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $17.14 | ↓ -50% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $24.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $25.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $28.12 | ↓ -18% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $29.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $31.55 | ↓ -8% |
Visitor-reported prices
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5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | $115.06 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER | DICKSON | $92.29 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER | SPRINGFIELD | $123.45 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER | ANTIOCH | $69.40 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS | NASHVILLE | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER | Smyrna | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | MT JULIET | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $9.92 – $9.99 |