Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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

$59.35

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.

$59.35

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.

$5.94 with Wellpoint vs $113.87 with BCBS — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $5.94 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $10.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.48 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $10.93 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $11.28 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $11.28 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.19 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.19 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.19 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $13.19 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.19 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $13.19 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $13.19 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.19 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.19 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.19 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $13.19 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $13.19 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $13.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.32 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.32 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.32 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $13.45 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $13.59 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $13.59 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $13.59 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $13.71 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.85 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.85 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.85 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.85 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.85 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.85 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $13.98 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $14.24 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.51 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $14.66 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $14.84 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $18.00 ↓ -70%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.99 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $19.35 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.39 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.39 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $23.64 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $24.45 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $26.71 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $26.85 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $29.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $29.68 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $38.58 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $39.57 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $41.55 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $44.51 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $44.51 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $48.67 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $50.45 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $52.23 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $52.23 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $52.76 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $52.76 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $52.76 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $52.76 ↓ -11%
BCBS TENNCARE $57.13 ↓ -4%
TriWest Healthcare FED $58.16 ↓ -2%
BCBS COVERKIDS $61.86 ↑ +4%
BCBS BlueCare $113.87 ↑ +92%

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Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.75 – $50.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.77 $11.72 – $110.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $66.84 $11.72 – $110.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.45 $6.60 – $28.75
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Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.45 $5.94 – $28.75
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $12.45 $6.60 – $31.66
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $12.45 $6.60 – $28.75

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