1 pc ost pouch w filter at SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS

3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$4.80 with Wellpoint vs $9.79 with NovaNET — 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 $4.80
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.66
HealthSpring DualEligible $6.66
HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.66
HealthSpring MCRPOS $6.66
HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.66
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.66
United VACCN $6.66
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.66
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.66
Alive Hospice COMM $6.66
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $6.66
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.73
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.73
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.73
United MGMCR $6.79
WellCare MCR $6.86
BCBS MCR $6.86
Zing MGMCR $6.86
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.99
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.99
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.99
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.99
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.99
Signature Advantage MCR $7.06
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.33
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.79
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.79

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1 pc ost pouch w filter at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $6.66 – $9.79
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $6.46 – $9.79
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $5.99 – $9.79
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $4.80 – $9.79
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $5.99 – $9.79
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $5.99 – $9.79
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $4.82 – $6.99
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $6.66 – $6.99

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