Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER

355 NEW SHACKLE ISLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1538114434

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.

$22.74 with Wellpoint vs $34.46 with CorVel Corporation — 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 $22.74
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $23.44
HealthSpring DualEligible $23.44
HealthSpring MCRHMO $23.44
HealthSpring MCRPOS $23.44
HealthSpring MCRPPO $23.44
Devoted Health Plan MCR $23.44
United VACCN $23.44
Amerigroup MGMCR $23.44
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $23.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.67
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.67
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.67
United MGMCR $23.91
Zing MGMCR $24.14
BCBS MCR $24.14
WellCare MCR $24.14
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.61
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.61
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.61
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.61
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.61
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.61
Signature Advantage MCR $24.85
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.78
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.96
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $33.75
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $34.46
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $34.46

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $64.52 $27.64 – $35.15
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $64.38 $18.50 – $18.50
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $23.44 – $34.46
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $21.10 – $34.46
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $16.88 – $34.46
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $16.88 – $34.46
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $21.10 – $34.46
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $21.10 – $34.46

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