Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$5,181.31

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.

$5,181.31

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.

$156.76 with BCBS vs $5,077.68 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 $156.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $169.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $312.44 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $880.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $948.18 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $953.88 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $984.45 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $984.45 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $1,155.43 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $1,191.70 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $1,202.06 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,243.51 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1,279.78 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $1,295.33 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,305.69 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $1,481.85 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $1,689.11 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,134.70 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,331.59 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $2,590.66 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,590.66 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $3,367.85 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,626.92 ↓ -30%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $3,885.98 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $3,885.98 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $4,248.67 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $4,404.11 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $4,559.55 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $4,559.55 ↓ -12%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↓ -9%
TriWest Healthcare FED $5,077.68 ↓ -2%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,149.95 $108.11 – $735.15
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,297.67 $160.90 – $3,068.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,854.44 $160.90 – $3,068.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $448.35 $125.41 – $1,111.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,149.95 $108.11 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,149.95 $108.11 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,149.95 $161.53 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,149.95 $108.11 – $735.15

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