Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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.

$28.98 with Wellpoint vs $257.64 with Humana — 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 $28.98
Aetna NewBusiness $51.21
Aetna COMM $51.21
Devoted Health Plan MCR $64.41
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $64.41
HealthSpring DualEligible $64.41
HealthSpring MCRHMO $64.41
HealthSpring MCRPOS $64.41
HealthSpring MCRPPO $64.41
United VACCN $64.41
United AllPayerAppendix $64.41
United CorePayer $64.41
United HeritageSelect $64.41
Amerigroup MGMCR $64.41
Bright Health HIX $64.41
Bright Health SmallGroup $64.41
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $64.41
Aetna MGMCRHMO $65.05
Aetna MGMCRSNP $65.05
Aetna MGMCRPPO $65.05
United MGMCR $65.70
BCBS MCR $66.34
Zing MGMCR $66.34
WellCare MCR $66.34
Ambetter Select $66.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $67.63
Evergreen HMO MCR $67.63
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $67.63
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $67.63
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $67.63
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $67.63
Signature Advantage MCR $68.27
Ambetter CORE $69.56
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $70.85
Bright Health MCRNarrow $74.07
BCBS NetworkP $87.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $92.75
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $94.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $94.68
Cigna NewBusiness $114.78
BCBS TENNCARE $124.29
Cigna OAP $130.36
BCBS COVERKIDS $134.52
Oscar HIX $193.23
BCBS BlueCare $211.29
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $257.64
Humana HumanaChoice $257.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $257.64
Humana BroadNetwork $257.64

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $86.02 $56.04 – $128.82
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $112.80 $29.37 – $140.41
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $110.63 $32.83 – $142.19
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $112.80 $28.98 – $140.41
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $112.80 $29.86 – $154.58
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $112.80 $31.87 – $140.41
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $112.80 $28.99 – $154.58
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $112.80 $28.05 – $154.58

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