Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$39.87

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.

$39.87

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.

$3.64 with Wellpoint vs $73.06 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 $3.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $6.42 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.42 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $7.34 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $7.58 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $7.58 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.08 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.08 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.08 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.08 ↓ -80%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.08 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.08 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.08 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $8.08 ↓ -80%
Alive Hospice COMM $8.08 ↓ -80%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.08 ↓ -80%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.08 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.08 ↓ -80%
Bright Health HIX $8.08 ↓ -80%
United VACCN $8.08 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $8.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.16 ↓ -80%
United MGMCR $8.24 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCR $8.32 ↓ -79%
WellCare MCR $8.32 ↓ -79%
Zing MGMCR $8.32 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Select $8.40 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.48 ↓ -79%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.48 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.48 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.48 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.48 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.48 ↓ -79%
Signature Advantage MCR $8.56 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $8.72 ↓ -78%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.89 ↓ -78%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.29 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $9.85 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $9.97 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $11.03 ↓ -72%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.64 ↓ -71%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.88 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.88 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $13.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -64%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -59%
Centurion PRISON $16.43 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.94 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $19.93 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $19.93 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $24.24 ↓ -39%
Humana BH COMM $25.92 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $27.91 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $29.90 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $29.90 ↓ -25%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.32 ↓ -19%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.32 ↓ -19%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.32 ↓ -19%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.32 ↓ -19%
Multiplan COMM $32.69 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $33.89 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $35.09 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $35.09 ↓ -12%
BCBS TENNCARE $36.66 ↓ -8%
TriWest Healthcare FED $39.07 ↓ -2%
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.69 ↓ -0%
BCBS BlueCare $73.06 ↑ +83%

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Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $54.47 $2.91 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $93.54 $7.18 – $221.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $66.70 $7.03 – $16.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $133.67 $7.18 – $221.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.04 – $17.61
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $54.47 $5.67 – $33.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $54.47 $5.67 – $37.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $54.47 $5.67 – $48.03

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