Diffusing capacity 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

$490.17

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.

$490.17

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.

$51.18 with BCBS vs $480.37 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 $51.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS COVERKIDS $55.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $73.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $73.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $73.53 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $83.33 ↓ -83%
BCBS NetworkP $89.47 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $89.70 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $90.24 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $93.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $93.13 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueCare $102.02 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $109.31 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $113.72 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $117.64 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $121.07 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $122.54 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $123.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $137.25 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $140.19 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $159.80 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $161.76 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $201.95 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $220.58 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $245.09 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $245.09 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $245.09 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $318.61 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $343.12 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $367.63 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $367.63 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $401.94 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $416.64 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $431.35 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $431.35 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $480.37 ↓ -2%

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Diffusing capacity at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $250.89 $35.30 – $92.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $208.68 $52.54 – $493.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $69.46 $35.30 – $91.11
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $298.22 $52.54 – $493.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $100.35 $40.95 – $125.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $263.46 $31.15 – $92.92
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $263.46 $31.15 – $92.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $263.46 $31.15 – $92.92

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