Coombs direct 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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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.

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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.

$2.43 with Wellpoint vs $24.80 with BCBS — 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 $2.43
Aetna COMM $4.28
Aetna NewBusiness $4.28
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $4.46
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $4.61
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $4.61
HealthSpring DualEligible $5.39
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.39
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5.39
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.39
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5.39
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.39
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.39
United HeritageSelect $5.39
Alive Hospice COMM $5.39
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.39
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.39
Bright Health HIX $5.39
United VACCN $5.39
United AllPayerAppendix $5.39
United CorePayer $5.39
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.44
United MGMCR $5.50
BCBS MCR $5.55
WellCare MCR $5.55
Zing MGMCR $5.55
Ambetter Select $5.61
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.66
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.66
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.66
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.66
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.66
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.66
Signature Advantage MCR $5.71
Ambetter CORE $5.82
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.93
United OptionsPPO $5.99
Humana TRICARE $6.06
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.20
BCBS NetworkP $7.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.76
Cigna PPO $7.91
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.92
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.92
Cigna NewBusiness $9.81
Centurion PRISON $9.99
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10.91
Cigna OAP $11.14
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $12.13
Aetna NAP $12.13
BCBS TENNCARE $12.44
BCBS COVERKIDS $13.47
Humana BH COMM $15.76
Oscar HIX $16.17
Employers Health Network COMM $16.98
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $18.19
MHNet COMM $18.19
Multiplan COMM $19.89
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $20.61
Prime Health COMMPPO $21.34
Beech Street COMM $21.34
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $21.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $21.56
Humana HumanaChoice $21.56
Humana BroadNetwork $21.56
TriWest Healthcare FED $23.77
BCBS BlueCare $24.80

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Coombs direct at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $53.81 $4.85 – $79.65
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $7.40 $5.39 – $17.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.79 $8.58 – $108.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $10.58 $5.25 – $17.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.65 $4.55 – $120.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $56.69 $3.81 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $56.69 $3.81 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $56.69 $3.81 – $78.50

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