Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$2.16 with Wellpoint vs $325.85 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.16
Aetna NewBusiness $3.83
Aetna COMM $3.83
Bright Health HIX $4.81
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.81
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.81
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.81
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.81
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.81
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.81
United VACCN $4.81
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.81
United CorePayer $4.81
United HeritageSelect $4.81
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.81
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.81
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.86
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.86
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.86
United MGMCR $4.91
WellCare MCR $4.95
BCBS MCR $4.95
Zing MGMCR $4.95
Ambetter Select $5.00
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.05
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.05
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.05
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.05
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.05
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.05
Signature Advantage MCR $5.10
Ambetter CORE $5.20
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.29
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.53
BCBS NetworkP $6.56
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.93
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.07
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.07
Cigna NewBusiness $8.66
Cigna OAP $9.83
Oscar HIX $14.43
BCBS TENNCARE $15.86
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.17
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $19.24
Humana BroadNetwork $19.24
Humana HumanaChoice $19.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $19.24
BCBS BlueCare $26.96
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $65.20
Apex Health MCR $67.29
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $67.29
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $67.29
Humana TRICARE $88.55
United OptionsPPO $89.25
Cigna PPO $119.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $159.38
Aetna NAP $177.09
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $177.09
Employers Health Network COMM $247.93
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $265.63
Multiplan COMM $290.43
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $301.05
Beech Street COMM $325.85

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $64.82 $1.73 – $19.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $8.29 $4.28 – $19.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.06 $4.18 – $9.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $11.85 $4.28 – $19.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.55 $2.41 – $10.49
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $26.93 $3.38 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $26.93 $3.38 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $64.82 $3.38 – $19.17

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