3-d radiotherapy plan 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

$8,535.99

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.

$8,535.99

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.

$230.24 with BCBS vs $8,365.27 with TriWest Healthcare — 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 $230.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $746.14 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $746.14 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $826.86 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $867.20 ↓ -90%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $867.20 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $867.20 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $867.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $939.20 ↓ -89%
BCBS TENNCARE $1,046.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS COVERKIDS $1,132.81 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $1,451.12 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,562.09 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,571.48 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $1,903.53 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $1,980.35 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $2,048.64 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueCare $2,078.13 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,108.39 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $2,134.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $2,782.73 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $3,516.83 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,841.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $4,267.99 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,267.99 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $5,548.39 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $5,975.19 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $6,401.99 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $6,401.99 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $6,999.51 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7,255.59 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $7,511.67 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $7,511.67 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $8,365.27 ↓ -2%

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3-d radiotherapy plan at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,717.29 $277.23 – $781.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $2,579.35 $413.49 – $6,099.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $3,686.03 $413.49 – $6,099.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,404.15 $481.81 – $2,815.67
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,717.29 $277.23 – $781.25
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,404.15 $343.27 – $2,815.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,404.15 $481.81 – $3,151.34
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $1,404.15 $481.81 – $2,739.65

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