Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$1,627.44

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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$1,627.44

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.

$8.53 with Wellpoint vs $1,594.89 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $8.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $15.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $15.07 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.96 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $18.96 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.96 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $18.96 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $18.96 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice COMM $18.96 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $18.96 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $18.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.15 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $19.34 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $19.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $19.53 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $19.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.91 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.91 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $20.10 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $20.47 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.86 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $25.88 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $27.30 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.87 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $34.03 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $38.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $38.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $41.59 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $56.88 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $75.84 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $75.84 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $75.84 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $75.84 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $76.56 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $299.61 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $309.21 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $309.21 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $401.98 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $406.86 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $530.55 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $670.51 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $732.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $813.72 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $813.72 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,057.84 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,139.21 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,220.58 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,220.58 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,334.50 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,383.32 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,432.15 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,432.15 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,594.89 ↓ -2%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $67.25 $6.83 – $73.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $147.71 $16.85 – $349.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.48 $16.50 – $37.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $211.08 $16.85 – $349.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.30 $9.48 – $41.33
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36

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