Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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.

$252.91 with BCBS vs $6,522.72 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 $252.91
BCBS COVERKIDS $273.74
BCBS BlueCare $429.95
Bright Health HIX $1,205.28
Oscar HIX $1,297.45
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,305.25
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,347.08
Apex Health MCR $1,347.08
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,347.08
Ambetter CORE $1,581.05
BCBS NetworkP $1,630.68
Ambetter Select $1,644.86
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,701.58
Humana TRICARE $1,772.48
Cigna NewBusiness $1,786.66
United OptionsPPO $1,786.66
Cigna OAP $2,027.71
Cigna PPO $2,382.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,190.46
Aetna NAP $3,544.95
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,544.95
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00
Aetna COMM $4,700.00
Employers Health Network COMM $4,962.94
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $5,317.43
Multiplan COMM $5,813.73
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $6,026.42
Beech Street COMM $6,522.72

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,618.32 $148.77 – $735.15
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $850.41 $221.41 – $1,608.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $868.25 $148.77 – $1,001.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,215.28 $221.41 – $1,608.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $448.35 $170.76 – $1,111.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,221.23 $148.77 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,221.23 $148.77 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,221.23 $196.39 – $724.56

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →