Assay of neonatal thyroxine 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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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.

$2.91 with Wellpoint vs $33.35 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

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 $2.91
Aetna COMM $5.14
Aetna NewBusiness $5.14
Alive Hospice COMM $6.47
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.47
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.47
Bright Health HIX $6.47
HealthSpring DualEligible $6.47
HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.47
HealthSpring MCRPOS $6.47
HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.47
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.47
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $6.47
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.47
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.47
United VACCN $6.47
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47
United CorePayer $6.47
United HeritageSelect $6.47
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.53
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.53
United MGMCR $6.60
Zing MGMCR $6.66
WellCare MCR $6.66
BCBS MCR $6.66
Ambetter Select $6.73
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.79
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.79
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.79
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.79
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.79
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.79
Signature Advantage MCR $6.86
Ambetter CORE $6.99
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.12
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.44
BCBS NetworkP $8.83
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.51
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.51
Cigna NewBusiness $11.54
Cigna OAP $13.11
BCBS TENNCARE $16.73
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.12
Oscar HIX $19.41
Humana HumanaChoice $25.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $25.88
Humana BroadNetwork $25.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $25.88
BCBS BlueCare $33.35

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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.33 – $24.85
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $5.04 $6.15 – $12.94
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $5.82 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $5.82 – $24.85
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $2.91 – $19.41

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