Cholesterol 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.

$1.96 with Wellpoint vs $588.92 with Beech Street — 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 $1.96
Aetna NewBusiness $3.46
Aetna COMM $3.46
Bright Health HIX $4.35
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.35
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.35
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.35
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.35
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.35
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.35
United VACCN $4.35
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.35
United CorePayer $4.35
United HeritageSelect $4.35
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.35
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.35
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.39
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.39
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.39
United MGMCR $4.44
WellCare MCR $4.48
BCBS MCR $4.48
Zing MGMCR $4.48
Ambetter Select $4.52
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.57
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.57
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.57
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.57
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.57
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.57
Signature Advantage MCR $4.61
Ambetter CORE $4.70
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.79
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.00
BCBS NetworkP $5.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.26
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.39
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.39
Cigna NewBusiness $7.50
Cigna OAP $8.52
Oscar HIX $13.05
BCBS TENNCARE $14.45
BCBS COVERKIDS $15.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.40
Humana BroadNetwork $17.40
Humana HumanaChoice $17.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.40
BCBS BlueCare $24.57
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $117.85
Apex Health MCR $121.62
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $121.62
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $121.62
Humana TRICARE $160.03
United OptionsPPO $161.31
Cigna PPO $215.08
United GlobalBenefitPlan $288.06
Aetna NAP $320.06
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $320.06
Employers Health Network COMM $448.09
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $480.10
Multiplan COMM $524.91
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $544.11
Beech Street COMM $588.92

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