Chromosome karyotype study 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

$618.87

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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$618.87

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.

$15.06 with Wellpoint vs $606.49 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $26.61 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $26.61 ↓ -96%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $33.47 ↓ -95%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $33.47 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $33.47 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $33.47 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $33.47 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring DualEligible $33.47 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.47 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $33.47 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.47 ↓ -95%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $33.47 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $33.47 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $33.47 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice COMM $33.47 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $33.47 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $33.47 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $33.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $33.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $33.80 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $34.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $34.24 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $34.47 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCR $34.47 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $34.47 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $34.81 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.14 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.14 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.14 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.14 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.14 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.14 ↓ -94%
Signature Advantage MCR $35.48 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $36.15 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $36.82 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $38.49 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.20 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.20 ↓ -92%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $49.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $59.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $67.46 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $100.41 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $113.93 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $117.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $117.59 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $133.88 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $133.88 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoice $133.88 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $133.88 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $152.86 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $154.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $201.75 ↓ -67%
BCBS TENNCARE $229.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS COVERKIDS $248.12 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $254.97 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $278.49 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $309.44 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $309.44 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $402.27 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $433.21 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueCare $456.74 ↓ -26%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $464.15 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $464.15 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $507.47 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $526.04 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $544.61 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $544.61 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $606.49 ↓ -2%

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Chromosome karyotype study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $12.05 – $158.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $58.32 $22.29 – $137.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $65.09 $29.12 – $66.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $83.34 $22.29 – $137.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.95 $16.74 – $72.96
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $43.24 $17.78 – $73.62
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $43.95 $12.80 – $72.96
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $43.95 $16.74 – $80.33

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