Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$1,156.80

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.

$1,156.80

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.

$22.20 with BCBS vs $1,064.26 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
BCBS NetworkP $22.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $25.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $37.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $40.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $49.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $63.49 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $125.96 ↓ -89%
Humana BroadNetwork $125.96 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $125.96 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoice $125.96 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $196.66 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $211.69 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $212.97 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $219.79 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $219.79 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $219.79 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $257.97 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $268.38 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $277.63 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $289.20 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $291.51 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $388.68 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $520.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $578.40 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $578.40 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $809.76 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $867.60 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $948.58 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $983.28 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,064.26 ↓ -8%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $102.11 $21.97 – $229.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $100.94 $32.70 – $238.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $69.92 $21.97 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $144.25 $32.70 – $238.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $62.25 $13.44 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45

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