Tilt table study 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

$3,750.57

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.

$3,750.57

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.

$268.00 with United vs $30,393.00 with Aetna — 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
United TENNCARE $268.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS TENNCARE $329.58 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $356.72 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $560.28 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $637.60 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $690.48 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $712.61 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $712.61 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $836.38 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $862.63 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $870.13 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $900.14 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $937.64 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $945.14 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $990.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $1,260.19 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,687.76 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,875.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,875.29 ↓ -50%
United CorePayer $2,349.00 ↓ -37%
United HeritageSelect $2,506.00 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,625.40 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,812.93 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $3,075.47 ↓ -18%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,132.00 ↓ -16%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,187.98 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $3,450.52 ↓ -8%
Apex Health MCR $7,950.00 ↑ +112%
Cigna NewBusiness $10,808.00 ↑ +188%
Cigna OAP $12,282.00 ↑ +227%
Aetna NewBusiness $25,919.00 ↑ +591%
Aetna COMM $30,393.00 ↑ +710%

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Tilt table study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $817.35 $102.75 – $711.42
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $450.75 $76.28 – $759.10
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $450.75 $76.28 – $759.10
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $450.75 $76.28 – $849.59
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $450.75 $76.28 – $738.60
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $450.75 $76.28 – $849.59
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $408.03 $193.87 – $971.74
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $450.75 $76.28 – $812.54

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