Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet 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.

$0.03 with United vs $3.97 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
United AllPayerAppendix $0.03
United HeritageSelect $0.03
United CorePayer $0.03
Cigna NewBusiness $0.09
Cigna OAP $0.10
Aetna MGMCRHMO $0.65
Aetna MGMCRSNP $0.65
Aetna MGMCRPPO $0.65
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $0.80
BCBS NetworkP $0.99
Ambetter Select $1.00
Humana TRICARE $1.08
United OptionsPPO $1.09
Cigna PPO $1.45
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.94
Signature Advantage MCR $2.16
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2.16
Employers Health Network COMM $3.02
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $3.24
Multiplan COMM $3.54
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3.67
Beech Street COMM $3.97

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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $29.12 $0.05 – $0.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $41.61 $0.06 – $0.18
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.56 $0.04 – $2.83
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $8.56 $0.04 – $2.83
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $8.56 $0.04 – $0.07
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $84.98 $0.04 – $0.07
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $80.94 $0.04 – $0.10
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $7.41 $0.04 – $2.83

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