Bronchial challenge 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

$1,268.96

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.

$1,268.96

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.

$64.71 with BCBS vs $1,243.58 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 $64.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $70.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $128.98 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $215.72 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $232.22 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $233.62 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $241.10 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $241.10 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $282.98 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $291.86 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $294.40 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $304.55 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $313.43 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $317.24 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $319.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $355.31 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $362.92 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $413.68 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $418.76 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $522.81 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $571.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $634.48 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $634.48 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $824.82 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $888.27 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $951.72 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $951.72 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,040.55 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,078.62 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,116.68 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,116.68 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,243.58 ↓ -2%

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Bronchial challenge at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $536.54 $44.63 – $417.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,154.11 $66.42 – $2,729.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $244.49 $44.63 – $568.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,649.28 $66.42 – $2,729.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.20 $51.77 – $759.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $536.54 $44.63 – $411.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $563.39 $44.63 – $411.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $536.54 $50.66 – $411.50

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