Chromatography 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

$81.27

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.

$81.27

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.

$8.13 with Wellpoint vs $91.01 with BCBS — 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 $8.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $14.36 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.36 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $14.96 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $15.44 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $15.44 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.06 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.06 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $18.06 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.06 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $18.06 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $18.06 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.06 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.06 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.06 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $18.06 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $18.06 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $18.06 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.24 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.24 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.24 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $18.42 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $18.60 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $18.60 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $18.60 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $18.79 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.96 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.96 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $19.14 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $19.51 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.87 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $20.07 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $20.32 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.77 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $24.63 ↓ -70%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.01 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $26.49 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.55 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.55 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.30 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $33.48 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.57 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $36.68 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $40.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $40.63 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $45.66 ↓ -44%
BCBS COVERKIDS $49.44 ↓ -39%
Humana BH COMM $52.83 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $54.18 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $56.89 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $60.95 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $60.95 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $66.64 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $69.08 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $71.52 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $71.52 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $72.24 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $72.24 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $72.24 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $72.24 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $79.64 ↓ -2%
BCBS BlueCare $91.01 ↑ +12%

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Chromatography at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.81 $6.50 – $69.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.68 $7.55 – $50.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $33.84 $7.55 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $6.24 – $39.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $86.81 $16.25 – $69.98

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