Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$536.14

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.

$536.14

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.

$4.45 with Wellpoint vs $493.25 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 $4.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.87 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $9.89 ↓ -98%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.89 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $9.89 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $9.89 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $9.89 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.99 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $10.19 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $10.19 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $10.29 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.38 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -98%
Signature Advantage MCR $10.48 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $10.68 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.88 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $13.48 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.24 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.54 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $20.29 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $29.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS TENNCARE $32.37 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $35.03 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $39.56 ↓ -93%
Humana BroadNetwork $39.56 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $39.56 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $39.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $55.03 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $98.70 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $101.87 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $101.87 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $101.87 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $134.03 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $135.11 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $180.14 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $241.26 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $268.07 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $268.07 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $375.30 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $402.11 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $439.63 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $455.72 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $493.25 ↓ -8%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $89.33 $3.56 – $38.38
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $8.78 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.56 $8.60 – $19.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $8.78 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.40 $4.95 – $21.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38

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