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3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$48.60

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.

$48.60

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.

$4.86 with Wellpoint vs $60.98 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 $4.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $8.59 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.59 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $8.95 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $9.23 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $9.23 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $10.80 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.80 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $10.80 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.80 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $10.80 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.80 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.80 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $10.80 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $10.80 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.80 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.80 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.80 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $10.80 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $10.80 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.80 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $10.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.91 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $11.02 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $11.12 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $11.12 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $11.12 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $11.23 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.34 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.34 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.34 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.34 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.34 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.34 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $11.45 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $11.67 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $12.00 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $12.15 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.42 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $14.74 ↓ -70%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.55 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $15.84 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.88 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.88 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $19.02 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $20.02 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $21.61 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $21.87 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $24.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $24.30 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $30.60 ↓ -37%
Humana BH COMM $31.59 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $32.40 ↓ -33%
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.13 ↓ -32%
Employers Health Network COMM $34.02 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $36.45 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $36.45 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $39.85 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $41.31 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $42.77 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $42.77 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $43.20 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $43.20 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $43.20 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $43.20 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $47.63 ↓ -2%
BCBS BlueCare $60.98 ↑ +25%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $77.37 $7.57 – $41.76
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