Doppler echo complete 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

$2,141.54

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.

$2,141.54

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.

$75.83 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — 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 $75.83 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $82.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $151.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $321.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $321.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $321.23 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $364.06 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $391.90 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $394.26 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $406.89 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $406.89 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $477.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $492.55 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $496.84 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $513.97 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $528.96 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $535.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $539.67 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $612.48 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $698.14 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $882.31 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $963.69 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,070.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,070.77 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,070.77 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,392.00 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,499.08 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,606.15 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,606.15 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,756.06 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,820.31 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,884.56 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,884.56 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,098.71 ↓ -2%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↑ +119%

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Doppler echo complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $351.80 $52.30 – $74.43
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $312.58 $77.84 – $989.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $341.55 $52.30 – $53.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $446.69 $77.84 – $989.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $224.25 $60.67 – $619.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $689.00 $52.30 – $74.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $689.00 $52.30 – $78.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $689.00 $59.54 – $99.37

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