Chromosome banding study at SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS
3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476
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Cash price 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 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.
$30.87 with Wellpoint vs $456.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $30.87 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $48.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $54.54 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $54.54 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $68.60 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $68.60 | — |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $68.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | DualEligible | $68.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $68.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRPOS | $68.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $68.60 | — |
| Odyssey Healthcare | COMM | $68.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $68.60 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $68.60 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $68.60 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $68.60 | — |
| Bright Health | HIX | $68.60 | — |
| Alive Hospice | COMM | $68.60 | — |
| United | VACCN | $68.60 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $68.60 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $69.29 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $69.29 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $69.29 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $69.97 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $70.66 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $70.66 | — |
| BCBS | MCR | $70.66 | — |
| Ambetter | Select | $71.34 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $72.03 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $72.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $72.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $72.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $72.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $72.03 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $72.72 | — |
| Ambetter | CORE | $74.09 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $75.46 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $78.89 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $98.78 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $100.84 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $100.84 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $122.27 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $138.85 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $205.80 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $229.16 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $248.12 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $274.40 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $274.40 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $274.40 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $274.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $456.74 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chromosome banding study at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $24.70 – $265.25 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $110.25 | $30.87 – $157.50 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $57.75 | $30.87 – $157.50 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $61.05 | $30.87 – $166.50 |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. | Crossville | $56.00 | $30.87 – $157.50 |
| Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association | Morristown | $52.50 | $30.87 – $157.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $48.09 – $265.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $48.09 – $265.25 |