Compatibility test incubate 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

$873.30

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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.

$873.30

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.

$19.94 with BCBS vs $855.83 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 $19.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $23.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $23.26 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $44.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $64.03 ↓ -93%
BCBS COVERKIDS $69.33 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $113.60 ↓ -87%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $113.60 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $113.60 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoice $113.60 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueCare $127.62 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $148.46 ↓ -83%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↓ -83%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $159.81 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $160.77 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $165.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $165.93 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $194.75 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $202.61 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $209.59 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $215.71 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $218.32 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $284.70 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $359.80 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $392.99 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $436.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $436.65 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $567.64 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $611.31 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $654.98 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $654.98 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $716.11 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $742.30 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $768.50 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $768.50 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $855.83 ↓ -2%

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Compatibility test incubate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $29.91 – $229.75
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $61.64 $31.31 – $312.94
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $48.60 $31.31 – $312.94
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE $1,257.54 $19.94 – $149.16
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $302.12 $19.94 – $149.16
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD $556.20 $19.94 – $149.16
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH $521.84 $19.94 – $149.16
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $651.68 $19.94 – $149.16

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