Bone marrow imaging mult 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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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.

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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.

$120.04 with BCBS vs $504.48 with Cigna — 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 $120.04
Humana HumanaChoice $120.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $120.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $120.56
Humana BroadNetwork $120.56
BCBS COVERKIDS $129.89
BCBS NetworkP $168.58
BCBS BlueCare $238.28
Aetna NewBusiness $288.69
Aetna COMM $288.69
Cigna NewBusiness $444.14
United HeritageSelect $471.74
United CorePayer $471.74
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74
Cigna OAP $504.48

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $89.58 – $589.01
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $474.90 $103.91 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $759.27 $89.58 – $589.01
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $474.90 $92.11 – $813.24
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $474.90 $103.91 – $910.18
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $474.90 $126.31 – $791.28
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $474.90 $103.91 – $910.18
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $474.90 $103.91 – $870.49

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →