Echograp trans r pros study 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.

$82.78 with BCBS vs $358.85 with Cigna — 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 NetworkP $82.78
BCBS TENNCARE $97.29
BCBS COVERKIDS $105.35
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
BCBS BlueCare $164.84
Aetna COMM $241.52
Aetna NewBusiness $241.52
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $295.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $295.76
Humana BroadNetwork $295.76
Humana HumanaChoice $295.76
Cigna NewBusiness $315.93
Cigna OAP $358.85

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Echograp trans r pros study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $241.58 $61.97 – $253.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $136.16 $92.00 – $322.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $194.58 $92.23 – $322.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $253.65 $47.68 – $253.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $253.65 $47.68 – $253.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $241.58 $47.68 – $253.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $241.58 $61.97 – $253.66
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $93.90 $34.67 – $227.39

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →