Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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.

$206.29 with Wellpoint vs $449.78 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $206.29
Amerigroup MGMCR $212.67
HealthSpring MCRHMO $212.67
HealthSpring MCRPOS $212.67
HealthSpring MCRPPO $212.67
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $212.67
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $212.67
Devoted Health Plan MCR $212.67
United VACCN $212.67
HealthSpring DualEligible $212.67
Aetna MGMCRPPO $214.80
Aetna MGMCRHMO $214.80
Aetna MGMCRSNP $214.80
United MGMCR $216.92
Zing MGMCR $219.05
BCBS MCR $219.05
WellCare MCR $219.05
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $223.30
Evergreen HMO MCR $223.30
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $223.30
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $223.30
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $223.30
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $223.30
Signature Advantage MCR $225.43
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $233.94
Bright Health MCRNarrow $244.57
BCBS TENNCARE $250.22
BCBS COVERKIDS $270.83
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $306.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $312.62
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $312.62
BCBS BlueCare $425.38
BCBS NetworkP $449.78

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $103.11 $102.13 – $147.19
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $551.75 $153.12 – $312.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $82.29 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $147.19 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $182.31 – $453.70

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