Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$531.32

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.

$531.32

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.

$27.68 with BCBS vs $488.81 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 TENNCARE $27.68 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $29.96 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $33.62 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $47.05 ↓ -91%
Bright Health HIX $90.32 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $97.23 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $97.82 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $100.95 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $100.95 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $100.95 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $118.48 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $123.27 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $127.52 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $132.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $133.89 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $133.89 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $148.77 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $151.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMM $175.34 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $178.52 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $239.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $265.66 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $265.66 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $371.92 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $398.49 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $435.68 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $451.62 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $488.81 ↓ -8%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $130.50 $16.28 – $272.71
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $116.63 $24.23 – $275.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $166.67 $24.23 – $275.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $34.80 $18.88 – $445.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $60.74 $14.86 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $128.94 $14.86 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $128.94 $14.86 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $130.50 $16.28 – $272.71

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