Dialysis one evaluation 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.

$116.16 with BCBS vs $3,581.84 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 $116.16
BCBS COVERKIDS $125.77
BCBS BlueCare $231.52
Bright Health HIX $621.34
Oscar HIX $668.85
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $672.87
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $694.44
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $694.44
Ambetter CORE $815.05
BCBS NetworkP $840.64
Ambetter Select $847.95
Bright Health SmallGroup $877.19
United OptionsPPO $902.77
Humana TRICARE $913.74
Cigna NewBusiness $921.04
Aetna NewBusiness $1,023.38
Cigna OAP $1,045.31
Cigna PPO $1,191.51
Aetna COMM $1,206.13
Centurion PRISON $1,505.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,644.72
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,827.47
Aetna NAP $1,827.47
Humana BH COMM $2,375.71
Employers Health Network COMM $2,558.46
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,741.20
MHNet COMM $2,741.20
Multiplan COMM $2,997.05
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,106.70
Beech Street COMM $3,216.35
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,216.35
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,581.84

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Dialysis one evaluation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $753.99 $80.11 – $570.93
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $570.99 $119.23 – $1,350.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $815.97 $119.23 – $1,350.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $194.55 $72.41 – $1,125.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $753.99 $80.11 – $562.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $753.99 $80.11 – $562.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $855.18 $119.69 – $562.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $753.99 $80.11 – $570.93

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →