Chest X-ray 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

$1,286.77

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.

$1,286.77

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.

$17.35 with BCBS vs $1,261.03 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 $17.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $19.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $20.85 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $38.25 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $41.00 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $41.00 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $41.00 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $41.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $45.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $45.12 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $74.23 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $83.86 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $83.86 ↓ -93%
Cigna OAP $84.31 ↓ -93%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $236.89 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $244.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $244.49 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $317.83 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $321.69 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $419.49 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $530.15 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $579.05 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $643.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $643.38 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $836.40 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $900.74 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $965.08 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $965.08 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,055.15 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,093.75 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,132.36 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,132.36 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,261.03 ↓ -2%

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Chest X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $115.77 $14.38 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $203.36 $21.40 – $480.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $105.34 $14.38 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $290.61 $21.40 – $480.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $16.68 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $113.87 $14.38 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $113.87 $14.38 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $103.26 $20.89 – $127.70

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