Contrast x-ray of wrist 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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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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$70.19 with BCBS vs $2,697.44 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 TENNCARE $70.19
BCBS NetworkP $73.95
BCBS COVERKIDS $76.01
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $105.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $105.88
Humana HumanaChoice $105.88
Humana BroadNetwork $105.88
BCBS BlueCare $118.93
Aetna NewBusiness $183.28
Aetna COMM $183.28
Cigna NewBusiness $332.34
United CorePayer $341.20
United HeritageSelect $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
Cigna OAP $377.50
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $539.78
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $557.08
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $557.08
Apex Health MCR $557.08
Humana TRICARE $733.00
United OptionsPPO $738.86
Cigna PPO $985.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,319.40
Aetna NAP $1,466.00
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,466.00
Employers Health Network COMM $2,052.40
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,199.00
Multiplan COMM $2,404.24
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,492.20
Beech Street COMM $2,697.44

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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $182.55 $51.86 – $709.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $303.77 $44.71 – $610.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $289.29 $66.80 – $610.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $289.29 $44.71 – $610.96
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $182.55 $51.86 – $709.70
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $182.55 $51.86 – $794.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $182.55 $63.04 – $690.54
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $182.55 $51.86 – $794.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →