CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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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$154.52 with United vs $8,478.96 with TriWest Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $186.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $186.28
Humana BroadNetwork $186.28
Humana HumanaChoice $186.28
BCBS TENNCARE $188.06
BCBS COVERKIDS $203.49
BCBS BlueCare $373.30
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,592.83
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,643.88
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,643.88
United OptionsPPO $2,137.04
Humana TRICARE $2,163.00
Cigna PPO $2,820.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,893.40
Aetna NAP $4,326.00
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,326.00
Humana BH COMM $5,623.80
Employers Health Network COMM $6,056.40
Multiplan COMM $7,094.64
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7,354.20
Beech Street COMM $7,613.76
Prime Health COMMPPO $7,613.76
TriWest Healthcare FED $8,478.96

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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $573.59 $91.66 – $562.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $694.72 $78.34 – $1,642.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $688.16 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $992.79 $78.34 – $1,642.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $531.75 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $725.55 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $725.55 $90.33 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $691.01 $90.33 – $562.76

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →