Bone marrow imaging body 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

$6,585.78

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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.

$6,585.78

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.

$145.56 with Humana vs $6,454.06 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
Humana BroadNetwork $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $145.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $154.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $166.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $183.71 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $306.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $333.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $333.78 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $602.01 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $683.81 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,212.44 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,251.30 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,251.30 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,626.69 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $1,646.44 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $2,146.96 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,713.34 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,963.60 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,292.89 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $3,292.89 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $4,280.76 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,610.05 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $4,939.34 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $4,939.34 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $5,400.34 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,597.91 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $5,795.49 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $5,795.49 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $6,454.06 ↓ -2%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $115.16 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $759.27 $115.16 – $589.01
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $273.57 $143.95 – $746.10
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $273.57 $143.95 – $746.10
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $248.70 $143.95 – $746.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $115.16 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $126.65 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $115.16 – $589.01

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