Doppler echo complete 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

$2,053.00

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.

$2,053.00

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.

$88.91 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — 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 $88.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $96.23 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $151.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $307.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $307.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $307.95 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $349.01 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $375.70 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $377.96 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $390.07 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $390.07 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $390.07 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $457.82 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $472.19 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $476.30 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $492.72 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $513.25 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $517.36 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $517.36 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $587.16 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $689.81 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $923.85 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,026.50 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,026.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,026.50 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,437.10 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,539.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,683.46 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,745.05 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,888.76 ↓ -8%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↑ +85%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↑ +129%

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Doppler echo complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $351.80 $52.30 – $74.43
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $312.58 $77.84 – $989.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $341.55 $52.30 – $53.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $446.69 $77.84 – $989.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $224.25 $60.67 – $619.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $689.00 $52.30 – $74.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $689.00 $52.30 – $78.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $689.00 $59.54 – $99.37

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