Cygnus, per sq cm 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

$1,818.00

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.

$1,818.00

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.

$65.46 with Cigna vs $1,781.64 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
Cigna NewBusiness $65.46 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $74.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $272.70 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $272.70 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $272.70 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $334.69 ↓ -82%
United HeritageSelect $336.92 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $336.92 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $336.92 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $418.14 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $421.78 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $449.05 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $454.50 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $592.67 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $749.02 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $818.10 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $909.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $909.00 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $909.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,181.70 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,272.60 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,363.50 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,490.76 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,545.30 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,599.84 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,599.84 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,781.64 ↓ -2%

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Cygnus, per sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $65.46 – $336.92
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $65.46 – $336.92
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $65.46 – $336.92
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $65.46 – $336.92
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $65.46 – $336.92
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $65.46 – $336.92
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $65.46 – $336.92
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $45.21 – $118.56

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