Cystatin c 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

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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.

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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.

$8.33 with Wellpoint vs $74.08 with Humana — 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 $8.33
BCBS NetworkP $13.21
Aetna COMM $14.72
Aetna NewBusiness $14.72
BCBS TENNCARE $15.92
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.24
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.52
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.52
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.52
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.52
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $18.52
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.52
Alive Hospice COMM $18.52
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.52
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.52
United HeritageSelect $18.52
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.52
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.52
Bright Health HIX $18.52
United VACCN $18.52
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52
United CorePayer $18.52
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.71
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.71
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.71
United MGMCR $18.89
WellCare MCR $19.08
Zing MGMCR $19.08
BCBS MCR $19.08
Ambetter Select $19.26
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.45
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.45
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.45
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.45
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.45
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.45
Signature Advantage MCR $19.63
Ambetter CORE $20.00
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.37
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.67
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.22
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.22
BCBS BlueCare $31.73
Cigna NewBusiness $32.87
Cigna OAP $37.34
Oscar HIX $55.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $74.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $74.08
Humana BroadNetwork $74.08
Humana HumanaChoice $74.08

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Cystatin c at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $175.49 $6.67 – $57.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.18 $12.08 – $109.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $69.46 $10.98 – $37.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.99 $12.08 – $109.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.85 $9.26 – $40.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56

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