Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$316.30

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.

$316.30

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.

$11.13 with BCBS vs $309.97 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 $11.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $11.41 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $12.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $22.74 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $24.08 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $24.08 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $40.64 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $40.64 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.02 ↓ -86%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $47.45 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $47.45 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $47.45 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $48.86 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $53.77 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $57.88 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $58.23 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $60.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $60.10 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $70.53 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $73.38 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $75.91 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $78.13 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $79.08 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $87.12 ↓ -72%
Humana BroadNetwork $87.12 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoice $87.12 ↓ -72%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $87.12 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $103.11 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $130.32 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $142.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $158.15 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $158.15 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $158.15 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $205.59 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $221.41 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $237.22 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $237.22 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $259.37 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $268.86 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $278.34 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $278.34 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $309.97 ↓ -2%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $31.71 $7.87 – $67.27
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $66.31 $8.87 – $156.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $8.74 $7.87 – $40.39
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $94.76 $8.87 – $156.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $9.13 – $126.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $31.71 $5.52 – $67.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $31.71 $5.52 – $67.27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $31.71 $5.52 – $67.27

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