Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$565.76

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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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$565.76

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.

$30.50 with BCBS vs $520.50 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

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 $30.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.01 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $47.52 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $51.85 ↓ -91%
Bright Health HIX $96.18 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $103.53 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $104.16 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $107.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $107.49 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $107.49 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $126.16 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $131.26 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $135.78 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $141.44 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $142.57 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $142.57 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $158.41 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $161.81 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMM $186.70 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $190.10 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $254.59 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $282.88 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $282.88 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $396.03 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $424.32 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $463.92 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $480.90 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $520.50 ↓ -8%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.56 $17.94 – $172.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $77.26 $26.70 – $189.52
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.75 $17.94 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $110.41 $26.70 – $189.52
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $38.85 $20.81 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.35 $14.86 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.35 $14.86 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $75.56 $14.86 – $170.34

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