Acetylcholinesterase assay 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.

$5.53 with Wellpoint vs $63.35 with BCBS — 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 $5.53
Aetna COMM $9.77
Aetna NewBusiness $9.77
Alive Hospice COMM $12.29
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $12.29
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.29
Bright Health HIX $12.29
HealthSpring DualEligible $12.29
HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.29
HealthSpring MCRPOS $12.29
HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.29
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.29
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $12.29
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.29
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.29
United VACCN $12.29
United AllPayerAppendix $12.29
United CorePayer $12.29
United HeritageSelect $12.29
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.41
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.41
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.41
United MGMCR $12.54
Zing MGMCR $12.66
WellCare MCR $12.66
BCBS MCR $12.66
Ambetter Select $12.78
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.90
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.90
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.90
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.90
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.90
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.90
Signature Advantage MCR $13.03
Ambetter CORE $13.28
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.52
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.13
BCBS NetworkP $15.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.07
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.07
Cigna NewBusiness $21.91
Cigna OAP $24.88
BCBS TENNCARE $31.78
BCBS COVERKIDS $34.41
Oscar HIX $36.87
Humana HumanaChoice $49.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $49.16
Humana BroadNetwork $49.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $49.16
BCBS BlueCare $63.35

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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.42 – $42.91
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $19.32 $7.91 – $27.43
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.50 $5.53 – $26.79
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $19.50 $6.15 – $29.50
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $19.50 $6.15 – $29.50
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $19.50 $6.15 – $26.79
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $7.83 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $7.83 – $42.91

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →