Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$362.02

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.

$362.02

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.

$18.34 with BCBS vs $333.06 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 NetworkP $18.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $21.53 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.53 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -91%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.34 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $41.27 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $61.54 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $66.25 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $66.65 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $68.78 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $68.78 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $68.78 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $80.73 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $83.99 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $86.88 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $90.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $91.23 ↓ -75%
BCBS TENNCARE $99.72 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoice $104.96 ↓ -71%
Humana BroadNetwork $104.96 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $104.96 ↓ -71%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $104.96 ↓ -71%
BCBS COVERKIDS $107.93 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $121.64 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $162.91 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueCare $169.53 ↓ -53%
Aetna NAP $181.01 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $181.01 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $253.41 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $271.51 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $296.86 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $307.72 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $333.06 ↓ -8%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $85.55 $32.28 – $202.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $122.25 $32.28 – $202.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $109.09
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $119.83 $7.47 – $124.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $122.10 $5.37 – $118.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $122.10 $8.96 – $111.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $118.38
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $122.10 $8.96 – $111.02

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