Below knee suction socket 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

$3,857.00

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.

$3,857.00

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.

$701.16 with Wellpoint vs $3,779.86 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $701.16 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $710.07 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Select $894.82 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $952.68 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $964.25 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $973.84 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $973.84 ↓ -75%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $973.84 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring DualEligible $973.84 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $973.84 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $973.84 ↓ -75%
United VACCN $973.84 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $973.84 ↓ -75%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $973.84 ↓ -75%
Alive Hospice COMM $973.84 ↓ -75%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $973.84 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $983.58 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $983.58 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $983.58 ↓ -74%
United MGMCR $993.32 ↓ -74%
WellCare MCR $1,003.06 ↓ -74%
Zing MGMCR $1,003.06 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCR $1,003.06 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,022.53 ↓ -73%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,032.27 ↓ -73%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,071.22 ↓ -72%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,119.92 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $1,257.38 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,402.33 ↓ -64%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,431.54 ↓ -63%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,431.54 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $1,589.08 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,735.65 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,928.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,928.50 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $2,507.05 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,699.90 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,892.75 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $2,892.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $3,162.74 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,278.45 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,394.16 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $3,394.16 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,779.86 ↓ -2%

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Below knee suction socket at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $973.84 – $1,431.54
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $944.62 – $1,431.54
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $876.46 – $1,431.54
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $701.16 – $1,431.54
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $876.46 – $1,431.54
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $876.46 – $1,431.54
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $466.52 – $1,022.53
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $973.84 – $1,022.53

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