MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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.

$250.92 with Humana vs $6,934.37 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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 NarrowExchangeNetwork $250.92
Humana BroadNetwork $250.92
Humana HumanaChoice $250.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $250.92
United HeritageSelect $313.62
United AllPayerAppendix $313.62
United CorePayer $313.62
BCBS TENNCARE $497.75
BCBS COVERKIDS $538.97
Aetna NewBusiness $626.13
Aetna COMM $626.13
BCBS BlueCare $843.33
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,387.63
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,432.10
Apex Health MCR $1,432.10
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,432.10
Humana TRICARE $1,884.34
United OptionsPPO $1,899.41
Cigna PPO $2,532.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,391.81
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,768.68
Aetna NAP $3,768.68
Employers Health Network COMM $5,276.15
Multiplan COMM $6,180.64
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $6,406.76
Beech Street COMM $6,934.37

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MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $882.66 $208.35 – $890.97
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,322.53 $186.96 – $3,127.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $786.14 $192.03 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,889.97 $186.96 – $3,127.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $679.80 $220.67 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $882.66 $167.52 – $890.97
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $882.66 $167.52 – $890.97
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $882.66 $167.52 – $890.97

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