IV Medicine Infusion (first hour) at HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER

355 NEW SHACKLE ISLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1538114434

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$90.90 with BCBS vs $872.75 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 TENNCARE $90.90 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $98.38 —
BCBS BlueCare $154.53 —
Bright Health HIX $161.27 —
Oscar HIX $173.60 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $174.64 —
Apex Health MCR $180.24 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $180.24 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $180.24 —
Ambetter CORE $211.55 —
BCBS NetworkP $218.19 —
Ambetter Select $220.08 —
Bright Health SmallGroup $227.67 —
United OptionsPPO $232.42 —
Humana TRICARE $237.16 —
Cigna NewBusiness $239.06 —
Aetna NewBusiness $265.62 —
Cigna OAP $271.31 —
Aetna COMM $313.05 —
Cigna PPO $318.74 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $426.89 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $474.32 —
Aetna NAP $474.32 —
Employers Health Network COMM $664.05 —
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $711.48 —
Multiplan COMM $777.88 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $806.34 —
Beech Street COMM $872.75 —

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IV Medicine Infusion (first hour) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $53.47 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $278.84 $79.58 – $659.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $53.47 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $398.47 $79.58 – $659.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $92.55 $61.37 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $148.43 $63.32 – $278.42

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →