Skull X-ray (1 to 3 views) 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.

$22.26 with BCBS vs $1,210.29 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 NetworkP $22.26 —
BCBS TENNCARE $27.80 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $30.11 —
BCBS BlueCare $47.11 —
Aetna COMM $47.61 —
Aetna NewBusiness $47.61 —
Cigna NewBusiness $89.63 —
Cigna OAP $100.75 —
United HeritageSelect $154.52 —
United Core $154.52 —
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $242.19 —
Apex Health MCR $249.95 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $249.95 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $249.95 —
United OptionsPPO $322.30 —
Humana TRICARE $328.88 —
Cigna PPO $442.02 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $591.99 —
Aetna NAP $657.76 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $657.76 —
Employers Health Network COMM $920.87 —
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $986.65 —
Multiplan COMM $1,078.73 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,118.20 —
Beech Street COMM $1,210.29 —

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Skull X-ray (1 to 3 views) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $95.84 $17.71 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $148.00 $26.36 – $350.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $111.78 $17.71 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $211.50 $26.36 – $350.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.85 $20.54 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.67 $17.71 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.67 $17.71 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $121.58 $22.18 – $179.33

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