Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (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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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.

$48.32 with BCBS vs $1,134.13 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 $48.32
BCBS TENNCARE $62.89
BCBS COVERKIDS $68.10
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
BCBS BlueCare $106.56
Aetna COMM $118.92
Aetna NewBusiness $118.92
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $126.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $126.48
Humana HumanaChoice $126.48
Humana BroadNetwork $126.48
Cigna NewBusiness $167.04
Cigna OAP $189.73
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $226.95
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $234.22
Apex Health MCR $234.22
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $234.22
Humana TRICARE $308.19
United OptionsPPO $310.65
Cigna PPO $414.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $554.74
Aetna NAP $616.38
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $616.38
Employers Health Network COMM $862.92
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $924.56
Multiplan COMM $1,010.86
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,047.84
Beech Street COMM $1,134.13

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $330.39 $40.06 – $143.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $332.71 $59.62 – $629.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.24 $40.06 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $475.46 $59.62 – $629.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $96.45 $46.47 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $330.39 $40.06 – $143.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $330.39 $40.06 – $143.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $330.39 $45.37 – $143.98

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