Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$510.47

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.

$510.47

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.

$83.82 with BCBS vs $2,875.00 with United — 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 $83.82 ↓ -84%
Bright Health HIX $86.78 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $93.98 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $113.83 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $118.43 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $122.51 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $126.09 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $127.62 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $128.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $142.93 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $145.99 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $166.41 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $168.46 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $229.71 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $255.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $255.24 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $331.81 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $357.33 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $382.85 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $382.85 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $418.59 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $433.90 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $449.21 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $449.21 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $500.26 ↓ -2%
BCBS TENNCARE $718.04 ↑ +41%
BCBS COVERKIDS $778.07 ↑ +52%
BCBS BlueCare $990.00 ↑ +94%
Oscar HIX $990.00 ↑ +94%
United CorePayer $2,156.00 ↑ +322%
United HeritageSelect $2,300.00 ↑ +351%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,550.00 ↑ +400%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,550.00 ↑ +400%
Humana HumanaChoice $2,569.00 ↑ +403%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $2,569.00 ↑ +403%
Humana BroadNetwork $2,569.00 ↑ +403%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $2,569.00 ↑ +403%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,875.00 ↑ +463%

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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $10.82 – $2,225.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $16.10 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $97.98 $102.40 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $16.10 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $51.60 $12.55 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50

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