Artery x-rays lung 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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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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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.

$86.56 with BCBS vs $8,752.63 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 $86.56
Aetna NewBusiness $186.94
Aetna COMM $186.94
Cigna NewBusiness $223.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $233.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $233.16
Humana BroadNetwork $233.16
Humana HumanaChoice $233.16
Cigna OAP $253.48
BCBS TENNCARE $478.07
BCBS COVERKIDS $517.32
BCBS BlueCare $949.01
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,644.24
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,696.94
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,696.94
United OptionsPPO $2,206.02
Humana TRICARE $2,232.82
Cigna PPO $2,911.59
United AllPayerAppendix $3,365.20
United HeritageSelect $3,365.20
United CorePayer $3,365.20
Centurion PRISON $3,679.68
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,019.07
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,465.63
Aetna NAP $4,465.63
Humana BH COMM $5,805.32
Employers Health Network COMM $6,251.88
MHNet COMM $6,698.44
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $6,698.44
Multiplan COMM $7,323.63
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7,591.57
Prime Health COMMPPO $7,859.51
Beech Street COMM $7,859.51
TriWest Healthcare FED $8,752.63

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Artery x-rays lung at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $815.37 $104.23 – $4,434.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,126.28 $155.46 – $2,663.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,609.52 $155.46 – $2,663.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,357.80 $132.29 – $6,423.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $815.37 $104.23 – $4,434.05
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,357.80 $132.29 – $6,423.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,357.80 $132.29 – $7,188.84
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $1,357.80 $132.29 – $6,249.69

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