Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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.

$9.12 with Wellpoint vs $81.04 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 $9.12
Aetna COMM $16.11
Aetna NewBusiness $16.11
Alive Hospice COMM $20.26
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $20.26
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.26
Bright Health HIX $20.26
HealthSpring DualEligible $20.26
HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.26
HealthSpring MCRPOS $20.26
HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.26
Devoted Health Plan MCR $20.26
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $20.26
Amerigroup MGMCR $20.26
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.26
United VACCN $20.26
United AllPayerAppendix $20.26
United CorePayer $20.26
United HeritageSelect $20.26
Aetna MGMCRPPO $20.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $20.46
Aetna MGMCRHMO $20.46
United MGMCR $20.67
Zing MGMCR $20.87
WellCare MCR $20.87
BCBS MCR $20.87
Ambetter Select $21.07
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.27
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.27
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.27
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.27
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.27
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.27
Signature Advantage MCR $21.48
Ambetter CORE $21.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.29
Bright Health MCRNarrow $23.30
BCBS NetworkP $27.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.78
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.78
BCBS TENNCARE $31.38
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.97
Cigna NewBusiness $36.34
Cigna OAP $41.27
Oscar HIX $60.78
BCBS BlueCare $62.54
Humana HumanaChoice $81.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $81.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $81.04
Humana BroadNetwork $81.04

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $121.64 $7.29 – $77.88
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $58.91 $18.00 – $139.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.76 $17.63 – $40.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $84.18 $18.00 – $139.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $35.40 $10.13 – $44.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $121.64 $14.21 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $121.64 $14.21 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $121.64 $14.21 – $77.88

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