Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$1,681.20

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.

$1,681.20

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.

$22.12 with BCBS vs $1,647.58 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 NetworkP $22.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $24.56 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $26.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $48.76 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $50.40 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $50.40 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $50.40 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $50.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $57.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $57.15 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $83.86 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $83.86 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $92.37 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $104.92 ↓ -94%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $309.51 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $319.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $319.43 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $415.26 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $420.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $548.07 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $692.65 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $756.54 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $840.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $840.60 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,092.78 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,176.84 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,260.90 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,260.90 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,378.58 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,429.02 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,479.46 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,479.46 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,647.58 ↓ -2%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $90.57 $18.33 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $99.16 $27.28 – $234.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $141.71 $27.28 – $234.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $21.26 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $94.35 $18.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $89.87 $18.33 – $127.70
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $71.53 $21.26 – $87.38
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $72.75 $21.26 – $177.03

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