Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$316.30

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.

$316.30

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.

$4.90 with BCBS vs $309.97 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 $4.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $5.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $9.77 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -84%
United HeritageSelect $49.76 ↓ -84%
United CorePayer $49.76 ↓ -84%
Bright Health HIX $53.77 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $57.88 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $58.23 ↓ -82%
BCBS NetworkP $60.02 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $60.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $60.10 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $70.53 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $73.38 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $75.91 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $78.13 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $79.08 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $81.57 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $81.57 ↓ -74%
Humana HumanaChoice $101.36 ↓ -68%
Humana BroadNetwork $101.36 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $101.36 ↓ -68%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $101.36 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $103.11 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $130.32 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $142.34 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $148.35 ↓ -53%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $158.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $158.15 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $168.48 ↓ -47%
Humana BH COMM $205.59 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $221.41 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $237.22 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $237.22 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $259.37 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $268.86 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $278.34 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $278.34 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $309.97 ↓ -2%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $88.21 $5.03 – $208.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $3.38 – $97.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $126.06 $5.03 – $208.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $76.95 $8.87 – $106.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $48.47 $5.05 – $223.03

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