Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

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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.

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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.

$24.89 with Wellpoint vs $50.82 with NovaNET — 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 $24.89
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $34.57
HealthSpring DualEligible $34.57
HealthSpring MCRHMO $34.57
HealthSpring MCRPOS $34.57
HealthSpring MCRPPO $34.57
Devoted Health Plan MCR $34.57
United VACCN $34.57
Amerigroup MGMCR $34.57
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $34.57
Alive Hospice COMM $34.57
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $34.57
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.92
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.92
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.92
United MGMCR $35.26
WellCare MCR $35.61
BCBS MCR $35.61
Zing MGMCR $35.61
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $36.30
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $36.30
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $36.30
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $36.30
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $36.30
Evergreen HMO MCR $36.30
Signature Advantage MCR $36.64
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $38.03
Bright Health MCRNarrow $39.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $49.78
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $50.82

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $18.06 $11.96 – $51.27
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $29.12 $12.64 – $54.18
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $17.10 $11.96 – $51.27
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $19.87 $11.96 – $51.27
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $19.87 $6.97 – $36.30
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $18.80 $6.97 – $36.30
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $18.23 $11.96 – $51.27
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $9.86 $6.89 – $36.30

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