Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$300.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$51.00 with Bright Health vs $398.59 with BCBS — 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
Bright Health HIX $51.00 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $54.90 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $55.23 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $57.00 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $57.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $57.00 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $66.90 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $69.60 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $72.00 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $75.00 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $75.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $75.60 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $84.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $85.80 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMM $99.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $100.80 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $135.00 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $150.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $150.00 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint MGMCD $179.17 ↓ -40%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $184.71 ↓ -38%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $184.71 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring DualEligible $184.71 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $184.71 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $184.71 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $184.71 ↓ -38%
United VACCN $184.71 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup MGMCR $184.71 ↓ -38%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $184.71 ↓ -38%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $186.56 ↓ -38%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $186.56 ↓ -38%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $186.56 ↓ -38%
United MGMCR $188.40 ↓ -37%
Zing MGMCR $190.25 ↓ -37%
BCBS MCR $190.25 ↓ -37%
WellCare MCR $190.25 ↓ -37%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $193.95 ↓ -35%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $193.95 ↓ -35%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $193.95 ↓ -35%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $193.95 ↓ -35%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $193.95 ↓ -35%
Evergreen HMO MCR $193.95 ↓ -35%
Signature Advantage MCR $195.79 ↓ -35%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $203.18 ↓ -32%
Employers Health Network COMM $210.00 ↓ -30%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $212.42 ↓ -29%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $225.00 ↓ -25%
BCBS TENNCARE $234.46 ↓ -22%
Multiplan COMM $246.00 ↓ -18%
BCBS COVERKIDS $253.77 ↓ -15%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $255.00 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $265.98 ↓ -11%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $271.52 ↓ -9%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $271.52 ↓ -9%
Beech Street COMM $276.00 ↓ -8%
BCBS NetworkP $385.90 ↑ +29%
BCBS BlueCare $398.59 ↑ +33%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $185.87 $56.30 – $378.47
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $167.10 $44.00 – $402.67
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $185.87 $33.70 – $378.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $185.87 $137.92 – $378.47
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $167.10 $37.00 – $402.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $167.10 $57.00 – $443.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $167.10 $46.00 – $402.67
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $167.10 $61.00 – $443.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →