Cytopath smear other source 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

$254.40

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.

$254.40

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.

$6.92 with BCBS vs $249.31 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 $6.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $7.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $13.79 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $24.67 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $24.67 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $33.97 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $43.25 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $46.56 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $46.84 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $48.34 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $48.34 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $52.25 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $52.25 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $56.73 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $59.02 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $61.06 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $62.84 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $63.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $82.93 ↓ -67%
Humana HumanaChoice $98.28 ↓ -61%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $98.28 ↓ -61%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $98.28 ↓ -61%
Humana BroadNetwork $98.28 ↓ -61%
Cigna NewBusiness $100.48 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $104.81 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $114.11 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $114.48 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $127.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $127.20 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $165.36 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $178.08 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $190.80 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $190.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $208.61 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $216.24 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $223.87 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $223.87 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $249.31 ↓ -2%

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Cytopath smear other source at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.77 – $146.26
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.65 $5.53 – $58.84
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $26.81 $7.13 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $42.78 $5.53 – $118.53
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $43.65 $5.53 – $58.84

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