Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$215.72 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS TENNCARE $215.72
BCBS COVERKIDS $233.57
BCBS BlueCare $429.95
Bright Health HIX $630.76
Oscar HIX $678.99
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $683.08
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $704.97
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $704.97
Ambetter CORE $827.41
BCBS NetworkP $853.38
Ambetter Select $860.80
Bright Health SmallGroup $890.48
United OptionsPPO $916.46
Humana TRICARE $927.59
Cigna NewBusiness $935.01
Cigna OAP $1,061.16
Cigna PPO $1,209.57
Centurion PRISON $1,528.66
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,669.66
Aetna NAP $1,855.17
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,855.17
Humana BH COMM $2,411.73
Employers Health Network COMM $2,597.24
MHNet COMM $2,782.76
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,782.76
Multiplan COMM $3,042.49
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,153.80
Beech Street COMM $3,265.11
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,265.11
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,636.14
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00
Aetna COMM $4,700.00

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,618.32 $148.77 – $735.15
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $850.41 $221.41 – $1,608.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $868.25 $148.77 – $1,001.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,215.28 $221.41 – $1,608.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $448.35 $170.76 – $1,111.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,221.23 $148.77 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,221.23 $148.77 – $724.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,221.23 $196.39 – $724.56

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →