Contrast x-ray of brain at SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS
3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476
$1,353.64
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.
$1,353.64
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.
$51.42 with BCBS vs $1,326.57 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $51.42 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $55.64 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $82.47 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $102.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $222.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $222.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $222.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $222.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $230.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | COMM | $230.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $249.21 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $257.19 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $257.19 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $334.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $338.41 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $344.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | OAP | $390.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | PPO | $441.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $557.70 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $609.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $676.82 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $676.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $879.87 | ↓ -35% |
| United | CorePayer | $920.54 | ↓ -32% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $920.54 | ↓ -32% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $920.54 | ↓ -32% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $947.55 | ↓ -30% |
| MHNet | COMM | $1,015.23 | ↓ -25% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $1,015.23 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $1,109.98 | ↓ -18% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $1,150.59 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $1,191.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $1,191.20 | ↓ -12% |
| TriWest Healthcare | FED | $1,326.57 | ↓ -2% |
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $38.37 – $1,089.31 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $321.60 | $44.51 – $1,594.69 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $321.60 | $44.51 – $1,784.80 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $321.60 | $44.51 – $1,784.80 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $321.60 | $44.51 – $1,550.48 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $38.37 – $1,089.31 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $38.37 – $1,089.31 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $57.33 – $1,089.31 |