Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$35.01

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.

$35.01

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.

$3.20 with BCBS vs $34.31 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 $3.20 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.50 ↓ -90%
BCBS TENNCARE $5.60 ↓ -84%
BCBS COVERKIDS $6.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMM $6.19 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $6.45 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $6.65 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $6.65 ↓ -81%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $7.78 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $7.78 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.78 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $7.78 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring DualEligible $7.78 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.78 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $7.78 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.78 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.78 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $7.78 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $7.78 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $7.78 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $7.78 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.86 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $7.94 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $8.01 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $8.01 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $8.01 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $8.09 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.17 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.17 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.17 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.17 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $8.25 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $8.40 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.56 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $8.65 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $8.75 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.95 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueCare $11.16 ↓ -68%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.20 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $11.41 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.44 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.44 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.85 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $14.42 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $15.73 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $15.75 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $17.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $17.50 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $22.76 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $23.34 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $24.51 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $26.26 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $26.26 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $28.71 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $29.76 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $30.81 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $30.81 ↓ -12%
Humana HumanaChoice $31.12 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $31.12 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $31.12 ↓ -11%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $31.12 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $34.31 ↓ -2%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.81 $2.80 – $24.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $59.80 $4.59 – $141.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $5.29 $3.86 – $15.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $85.45 $4.59 – $141.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.00 $3.89 – $16.96
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.81 $3.63 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.81 $3.63 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.81 $3.63 – $24.85

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