Bld prd mix 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.

$20.59 with BCBS vs $149.16 with United — 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
BCBS NetworkP $20.59
Aetna COMM $24.00
Aetna NewBusiness $24.00
BCBS TENNCARE $32.18
BCBS COVERKIDS $34.83
Cigna NewBusiness $40.95
Cigna OAP $46.51
BCBS BlueCare $54.71
Humana BroadNetwork $117.32
Humana HumanaChoice $117.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $117.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $117.32
United HeritageSelect $149.16
United CorePayer $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16

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Bld prd mix at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.34 $18.93 – $229.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $245.98 $28.17 – $581.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $21.62 $18.93 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $351.52 $28.17 – $581.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $91.65 $18.62 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.34 $12.32 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $101.01 $12.32 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $101.01 $12.32 – $226.45

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