Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER
355 NEW SHACKLE ISLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1538114434
$422.42
Cash price 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.
$422.42
Gross charge 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.
$26.64 with BCBS vs $656.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $26.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $28.83 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $36.54 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $45.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $53.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | OAP | $61.31 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $71.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | COMM | $71.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $71.81 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $77.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $77.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $80.26 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $80.26 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $80.26 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $94.20 | ↓ -78% |
| Ambetter | Select | $98.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $101.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $105.61 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $106.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $116.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $116.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $116.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $116.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | PPO | $141.93 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $190.09 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $211.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $211.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $295.69 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $316.81 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $346.38 | ↓ -18% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $359.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $388.63 | ↓ -8% |
| United | CorePayer | $656.15 | ↑ +55% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | ↑ +55% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $656.15 | ↑ +55% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $368.46 | $15.67 – $1,095.29 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $782.92 | $23.32 – $1,851.50 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $242.42 | $15.67 – $1,491.86 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,118.84 | $23.32 – $1,851.50 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $207.75 | $15.37 – $1,638.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $364.01 | $8.45 – $1,079.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $364.01 | $8.45 – $1,079.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $368.46 | $15.67 – $1,095.29 |