Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$39.52

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.

$39.52

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.

$7.28 with Kentucky Labor Cabinet vs $140.36 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
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $7.28 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $7.51 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $7.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $7.51 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $9.88 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $9.96 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $13.28 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.79 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.78 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $19.76 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $19.76 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $27.66 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMM $27.90 ↓ -29%
Aetna NewBusiness $27.90 ↓ -29%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $29.64 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $32.41 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $33.59 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $35.09 ↓ -11%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $35.09 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring DualEligible $35.09 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.09 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $35.09 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -11%
United VACCN $35.09 ↓ -11%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09 ↓ -11%
United CorePayer $35.09 ↓ -11%
United HeritageSelect $35.09 ↓ -11%
Amerigroup MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -11%
Bright Health HIX $35.09 ↓ -11%
Bright Health SmallGroup $35.09 ↓ -11%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $35.09 ↓ -11%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $35.44 ↓ -10%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $35.44 ↓ -10%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $35.44 ↓ -10%
United MGMCR $35.79 ↓ -9%
Zing MGMCR $36.14 ↓ -9%
BCBS MCR $36.14 ↓ -9%
WellCare MCR $36.14 ↓ -9%
Beech Street COMM $36.36 ↓ -8%
Ambetter Select $36.49 ↓ -8%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $36.84 ↓ -7%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $36.84 ↓ -7%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $36.84 ↓ -7%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $36.84 ↓ -7%
Evergreen HMO MCR $36.84 ↓ -7%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $36.84 ↓ -7%
Signature Advantage MCR $37.20 ↓ -6%
Ambetter CORE $37.90 ↓ -4%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $38.60 ↓ -2%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $40.35 ↑ +2%
BCBS NetworkP $47.87 ↑ +21%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.53 ↑ +28%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $51.58 ↑ +31%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $51.58 ↑ +31%
Cigna NewBusiness $62.29 ↑ +58%
BCBS TENNCARE $69.43 ↑ +76%
Cigna OAP $70.74 ↑ +79%
BCBS COVERKIDS $75.15 ↑ +90%
Oscar HIX $105.27 ↑ +166%
BCBS BlueCare $118.03 ↑ +199%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $140.36 ↑ +255%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $140.36 ↑ +255%
Humana HumanaChoice $140.36 ↑ +255%
Humana BroadNetwork $140.36 ↑ +255%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,093.32 $12.63 – $135.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $87.03 $31.18 – $117.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.30 $30.53 – $70.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $124.37 $31.18 – $117.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $17.55 – $76.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,093.32 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,093.32 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,093.32 $31.58 – $135.44

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