Mayo nickel 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

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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.

$11.03 with Wellpoint vs $136.75 with BCBS — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $11.03
Aetna NewBusiness $19.48
Aetna COMM $19.48
Devoted Health Plan MCR $24.51
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $24.51
HealthSpring DualEligible $24.51
HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.51
HealthSpring MCRPOS $24.51
HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.51
United VACCN $24.51
United AllPayerAppendix $24.51
United CorePayer $24.51
United HeritageSelect $24.51
Amerigroup MGMCR $24.51
Bright Health HIX $24.51
Bright Health SmallGroup $24.51
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $24.51
Aetna MGMCRHMO $24.76
Aetna MGMCRSNP $24.76
Aetna MGMCRPPO $24.76
United MGMCR $25.00
BCBS MCR $25.25
Zing MGMCR $25.25
WellCare MCR $25.25
Ambetter Select $25.49
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $25.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $25.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $25.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $25.74
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $25.74
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $25.74
Signature Advantage MCR $25.98
Ambetter CORE $26.47
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $26.96
Bright Health MCRNarrow $28.19
BCBS NetworkP $33.43
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $35.29
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.03
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $36.03
Cigna NewBusiness $43.84
Cigna OAP $49.79
Oscar HIX $73.53
BCBS TENNCARE $80.44
BCBS COVERKIDS $87.07
Humana BroadNetwork $98.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $98.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $98.04
Humana HumanaChoice $98.04
BCBS BlueCare $136.75

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $31.97 $21.76 – $75.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $45.69 $21.76 – $75.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $26.40 $12.26 – $53.43
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Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $26.40 $11.03 – $53.43
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $26.40 $12.26 – $58.82
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $26.40 $12.26 – $53.43
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $26.40 $12.26 – $58.82

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