Culture type pulse field gel 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.

$3.48 with Wellpoint vs $30.96 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 $3.48
BCBS NetworkP $5.71
Aetna NewBusiness $6.16
Aetna COMM $6.16
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.74
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.74
HealthSpring DualEligible $7.74
HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.74
HealthSpring MCRPOS $7.74
HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.74
United VACCN $7.74
United AllPayerAppendix $7.74
United CorePayer $7.74
United HeritageSelect $7.74
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.74
Bright Health HIX $7.74
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.74
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $7.74
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.82
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.82
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.82
United MGMCR $7.89
BCBS MCR $7.97
Zing MGMCR $7.97
WellCare MCR $7.97
BCBS TENNCARE $7.97
Ambetter Select $8.05
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.13
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.13
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.13
Signature Advantage MCR $8.20
Ambetter CORE $8.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.51
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.63
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.90
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.38
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.38
BCBS BlueCare $13.55
Cigna NewBusiness $13.85
Cigna OAP $15.73
Oscar HIX $23.22
Humana BroadNetwork $30.96
Humana HumanaChoice $30.96
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $30.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $30.96

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Culture type pulse field gel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.79 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $3.66 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $3.66 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $3.66 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $4.69 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $6.97 – $24.85
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $3.48 – $23.22
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $3.48 – $23.22

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