Lung perfusion imaging 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

$1,358.56

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.

$1,358.56

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.

$136.04 with Humana vs $1,249.88 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
Humana HumanaChoice $136.04 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $136.04 ↓ -90%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $136.04 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $136.04 ↓ -90%
BCBS TENNCARE $152.56 ↓ -89%
BCBS COVERKIDS $165.19 ↓ -88%
BCBS NetworkP $182.14 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $250.11 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $258.13 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $258.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $258.13 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueCare $258.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $317.17 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMM $317.17 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $339.64 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $342.36 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $456.48 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -65%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -65%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna NewBusiness $570.00 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $611.35 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $647.44 ↓ -52%
Aetna NAP $679.28 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $679.28 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $950.99 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,018.92 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,114.02 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,154.78 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,249.88 ↓ -8%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $545.01 $97.17 – $589.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $326.79 $144.62 – $772.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $406.64 $97.17 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $467.00 $144.62 – $772.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $112.72 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.60 $97.17 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.60 $97.17 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.60 $100.20 – $589.01

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