Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$3,256.84

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.

$3,256.84

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.

$94.58 with BCBS vs $3,191.70 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 TENNCARE $94.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $102.34 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $115.72 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $115.72 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $115.72 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $115.72 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $134.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $187.74 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $307.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $307.46 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -86%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -86%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $554.43 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $599.58 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $618.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $618.80 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $629.76 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $804.44 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $814.21 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,061.73 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,341.82 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,465.58 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,628.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,628.42 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $2,116.95 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,279.79 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $2,442.63 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,442.63 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $2,670.61 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,768.31 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,866.02 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,866.02 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,191.70 ↓ -2%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $494.72 $70.58 – $589.01
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $357.42 $70.58 – $733.84
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $81.87 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $468.23 $70.58 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $468.23 $70.58 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $468.23 $105.45 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $494.72 $70.58 – $589.01
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $81.87 – $813.24

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