Assay of breath ethanol 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.

$0.01 with Aetna vs $120.00 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
Aetna NewBusiness $0.01
Aetna COMM $0.01
Wellpoint MGMCD $13.50
BCBS NetworkP $16.44
Devoted Health Plan MCR $30.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $30.00
HealthSpring DualEligible $30.00
HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.00
HealthSpring MCRPOS $30.00
HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.00
United VACCN $30.00
United AllPayerAppendix $30.00
United CorePayer $30.00
United HeritageSelect $30.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $30.00
Bright Health HIX $30.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $30.00
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $30.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.30
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.30
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.30
United MGMCR $30.60
Zing MGMCR $30.90
WellCare MCR $30.90
BCBS MCR $30.90
Ambetter Select $31.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $31.50
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $31.50
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $31.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $31.50
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $31.50
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $31.50
Signature Advantage MCR $31.80
Ambetter CORE $32.40
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $33.00
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.50
BCBS TENNCARE $39.19
BCBS COVERKIDS $42.41
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $43.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $44.10
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $44.10
Cigna NewBusiness $53.63
Cigna OAP $60.91
BCBS BlueCare $66.61
Oscar HIX $90.00
Humana HumanaChoice $120.00
Humana BroadNetwork $120.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $120.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $120.00

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Assay of breath ethanol at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.07 $23.05 – $60.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $15.96 $23.05 – $60.00
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $22.00 $25.71 – $60.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $0.02 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $0.02 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $0.02 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $0.02 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $0.02 – $93.68

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