Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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.

$157.11 with BCBS vs $2,754.35 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 $157.11
BCBS COVERKIDS $170.11
BCBS NetworkP $283.57
BCBS BlueCare $313.13
Bright Health HIX $477.80
Cigna NewBusiness $478.69
Oscar HIX $514.33
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $517.42
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $534.01
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $534.01
Cigna OAP $543.73
Ambetter CORE $626.75
Ambetter Select $652.05
Bright Health SmallGroup $674.53
United OptionsPPO $694.21
Humana TRICARE $702.64
Cigna PPO $916.24
Centurion PRISON $1,157.95
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,264.75
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,405.28
Aetna NAP $1,405.28
Aetna COMM $1,482.00
Humana BH COMM $1,826.86
Employers Health Network COMM $1,967.39
MHNet COMM $2,107.92
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,107.92
Multiplan COMM $2,304.66
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,388.98
Beech Street COMM $2,473.29
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,473.29
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,754.35

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $461.81 $108.35 – $436.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $760.72 $132.73 – $1,799.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $471.27 $108.35 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,087.11 $132.73 – $1,799.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $114.91 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $571.19 $76.07 – $436.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $571.19 $76.07 – $436.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $571.17 $76.07 – $436.96

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →