Culture urine each isolate 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

$36.40

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.

$36.40

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 $45.34 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 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $6.43 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.43 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $6.70 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $6.92 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $6.92 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.09 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.09 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.09 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.09 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.09 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.09 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $8.09 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $8.09 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.09 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.09 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.09 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $8.09 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $8.09 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $8.09 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.17 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $8.33 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $8.33 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $8.33 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $8.41 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.49 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.49 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.49 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.49 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.49 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.49 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $8.58 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $8.74 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.90 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $8.99 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $9.10 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.30 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $11.05 ↓ -70%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.65 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $11.87 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.89 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.89 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $15.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $16.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $18.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $18.20 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $22.75 ↓ -38%
Humana BH COMM $23.66 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $24.27 ↓ -33%
BCBS COVERKIDS $24.63 ↓ -32%
Employers Health Network COMM $25.48 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $27.30 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $27.30 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $29.85 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $30.94 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $32.03 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $32.03 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.36 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.36 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.36 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.36 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $35.67 ↓ -2%
BCBS BlueCare $45.34 ↑ +25%

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Culture urine each isolate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.91 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $18.36 $7.20 – $43.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $26.23 $7.20 – $43.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.05 – $17.64
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $14.03 $5.74 – $18.04
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $14.25 $3.64 – $17.64
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $14.25 $4.05 – $19.42
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.05 – $17.64

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