X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views 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.

$29.18 with BCBS vs $622.41 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $29.18
BCBS TENNCARE $39.74
BCBS COVERKIDS $43.03
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $51.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $51.64
Humana HumanaChoice $51.64
Humana BroadNetwork $51.64
BCBS BlueCare $67.32
Aetna NewBusiness $70.71
Aetna COMM $70.71
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $124.55
Apex Health MCR $128.54
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $128.54
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $128.54
Cigna NewBusiness $130.75
Cigna OAP $148.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
Humana TRICARE $169.13
United OptionsPPO $170.49
Cigna PPO $227.31
United GlobalBenefitPlan $304.44
Aetna NAP $338.26
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $338.26
Employers Health Network COMM $473.57
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $507.40
Multiplan COMM $554.75
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $575.05
Beech Street COMM $622.41

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X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $146.24 $25.31 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $338.33 $37.67 – $800.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $136.16 $25.31 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $483.49 $37.67 – $800.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $29.36 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $220.38 $25.31 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $220.38 $25.31 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $209.88 $35.14 – $179.33

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →