Heinz bodies direct 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.89 with Wellpoint vs $23.84 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint MGMCD $1.89
Aetna NewBusiness $3.34
Aetna COMM $3.34
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.20
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.20
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.20
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.20
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.20
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.20
United VACCN $4.20
United AllPayerAppendix $4.20
United CorePayer $4.20
United HeritageSelect $4.20
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.20
Bright Health HIX $4.20
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.20
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.24
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.24
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.24
United MGMCR $4.28
BCBS MCR $4.33
Zing MGMCR $4.33
WellCare MCR $4.33
Ambetter Select $4.37
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.41
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.41
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.41
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.41
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.41
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.41
Signature Advantage MCR $4.45
Ambetter CORE $4.53
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.62
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.83
BCBS NetworkP $5.74
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.17
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.17
Cigna NewBusiness $7.50
Cigna OAP $8.52
Oscar HIX $12.60
BCBS TENNCARE $14.03
BCBS COVERKIDS $15.18
Humana BroadNetwork $16.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $16.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $16.80
Humana HumanaChoice $16.80
BCBS BlueCare $23.84

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Heinz bodies direct at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1.51 – $15.80
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $2.95 – $15.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $2.95 – $15.80
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $2.95 – $15.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $3.78 – $15.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $3.78 – $15.80
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $1.89 – $12.60
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $1.89 – $12.60

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →