Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$1,271.73

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.

$1,271.73

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.

$3.84 with BCBS vs $1,246.30 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
BCBS TENNCARE $3.84 ↓ -100%
BCBS COVERKIDS $4.16 ↓ -100%
Wellpoint MGMCD $4.25 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $7.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $7.66 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.44 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $9.44 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice COMM $9.44 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.44 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $9.44 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $9.44 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $9.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.53 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $9.81 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.91 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $10.01 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $10.19 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $12.88 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.59 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.88 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $18.98 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $28.32 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $37.76 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.76 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.76 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $37.76 ↓ -97%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $234.13 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $241.63 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $241.63 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $314.12 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $317.93 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $414.58 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $523.95 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $572.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $635.87 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $635.87 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $826.62 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $890.21 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $953.80 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $953.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,042.82 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,080.97 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,119.12 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,119.12 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,246.30 ↓ -2%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.45 $2.97 – $79.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $2.65 – $18.88
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.80 $2.97 – $79.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.50 $3.07 – $20.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.90 $3.96 – $36.12

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