Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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

$1,017.08

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.

$1,017.08

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.

$4.00 with Wellpoint vs $935.71 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 $4.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.08 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $8.90 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.90 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.90 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.90 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.90 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.90 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.90 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $8.90 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.90 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $8.90 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $8.90 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.99 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.08 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $9.26 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.35 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.35 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.35 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.35 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $9.43 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $9.61 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.79 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $12.14 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.82 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.08 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $18.35 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $26.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $29.07 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $31.46 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $35.60 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $35.60 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $35.60 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $35.60 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $49.42 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $187.24 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $193.25 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $193.25 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $193.25 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $254.27 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $256.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $341.74 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $457.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $508.54 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $508.54 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $711.96 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $762.81 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $834.01 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $864.52 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $935.71 ↓ -8%

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Tennessee hospitals

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $63.83 $3.20 – $35.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $7.90 – $51.80
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $63.83 $6.24 – $35.01
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