CT t-spine 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

$9,884.26

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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$9,884.26

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 $9,686.57 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.

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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 $335.42 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $362.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $459.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $665.82 ↓ -93%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,819.69 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,878.01 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,878.01 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,441.41 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $2,471.07 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $3,222.27 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,447.92 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $4,942.13 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,942.13 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $6,424.77 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $6,918.98 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMM $8,105.09 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $8,401.62 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $8,698.15 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $8,698.15 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $9,686.57 ↓ -2%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $835.10 $153.44 – $773.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,507.83 $176.05 – $3,565.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $900.22 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,154.77 $176.05 – $3,565.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $834.83 $151.23 – $773.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $834.83 $153.44 – $800.47
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $576.61 $167.05 – $463.64

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