Contrast x-ray of hip 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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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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$66.70 with BCBS vs $3,664.45 with TriWest Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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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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 $66.70
BCBS TENNCARE $79.69
BCBS COVERKIDS $86.23
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $109.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $109.04
Humana BroadNetwork $109.04
Humana HumanaChoice $109.04
BCBS BlueCare $158.19
Aetna COMM $179.91
Aetna NewBusiness $179.91
Cigna NewBusiness $309.97
Cigna OAP $352.08
United AllPayerAppendix $616.10
United CorePayer $616.10
United HeritageSelect $616.10
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $688.39
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $710.45
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $710.45
United OptionsPPO $923.59
Humana TRICARE $934.81
Cigna PPO $1,218.99
Centurion PRISON $1,540.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,682.65
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,869.62
Aetna NAP $1,869.62
Humana BH COMM $2,430.50
Employers Health Network COMM $2,617.46
MHNet COMM $2,804.42
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,804.42
Multiplan COMM $3,066.17
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,178.35
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,290.52
Beech Street COMM $3,290.52
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,664.45

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $215.28 $59.47 – $610.96
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $182.55 $68.99 – $709.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $267.26 $59.47 – $610.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $254.55 $80.31 – $610.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $215.28 $59.47 – $610.96
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $182.55 $68.99 – $709.70
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $182.55 $68.99 – $794.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $182.55 $83.85 – $690.54

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →