CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast 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

$10,640.55

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.

$10,640.55

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.

$236.12 with Humana vs $10,427.74 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
Humana BroadNetwork $236.12 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $236.12 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $236.12 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $236.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $268.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $290.36 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $459.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $532.67 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,958.93 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,021.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,021.70 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,628.22 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $2,660.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $3,468.82 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,788.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $5,320.27 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $5,320.27 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $6,916.36 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $7,448.39 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMM $8,725.25 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $9,044.47 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $9,363.68 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $9,363.68 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $10,427.74 ↓ -2%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $705.11 $153.44 – $847.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,044.29 $176.05 – $2,469.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $853.53 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,492.35 $176.05 – $2,469.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $740.12 $151.23 – $847.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $740.12 $151.23 – $847.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $704.87 $151.23 – $847.00

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