Breath test analysis c-14 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.

$42.48 with Wellpoint vs $377.64 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 $42.48
BCBS NetworkP $90.05
Bright Health SmallGroup $94.41
Bright Health HIX $94.41
United VACCN $94.41
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $94.41
HealthSpring MCRPPO $94.41
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $94.41
Devoted Health Plan MCR $94.41
Amerigroup MGMCR $94.41
HealthSpring DualEligible $94.41
HealthSpring MCRHMO $94.41
HealthSpring MCRPOS $94.41
Aetna MGMCRSNP $95.35
Aetna MGMCRHMO $95.35
Aetna MGMCRPPO $95.35
United MGMCR $96.30
Zing MGMCR $97.24
WellCare MCR $97.24
BCBS MCR $97.24
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $99.13
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $99.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $99.13
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $99.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $99.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $99.13
Signature Advantage MCR $100.07
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $103.85
Bright Health MCRNarrow $108.57
BCBS TENNCARE $112.84
Aetna COMM $118.25
Aetna NewBusiness $118.25
BCBS COVERKIDS $122.18
United AllPayerAppendix $127.45
United HeritageSelect $127.45
United CorePayer $127.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $135.95
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $138.78
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $138.78
BCBS BlueCare $191.17
Oscar HIX $283.23
Cigna NewBusiness $311.44
Cigna OAP $353.75
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $377.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $377.64
Humana BroadNetwork $377.64
Humana HumanaChoice $377.64

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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $418.80 $34.34 – $205.81
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $418.80 $57.24 – $226.58
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $418.80 $57.24 – $226.58
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $418.80 $47.70 – $205.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $33.99 – $245.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $47.22 – $245.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $47.22 – $245.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $47.22 – $245.60

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