Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$312.90

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.

$312.90

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.

$53.19 with Bright Health vs $398.59 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
Bright Health HIX $53.19 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $57.26 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $57.60 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $59.45 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $59.45 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $69.78 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $72.59 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $75.10 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $77.29 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $78.22 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $78.85 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $87.61 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $89.49 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $102.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $103.26 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint MGMCD $132.99 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $140.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $156.45 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $156.45 ↓ -50%
HealthSpring DualEligible $184.71 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $184.71 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $184.71 ↓ -41%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $184.71 ↓ -41%
United VACCN $184.71 ↓ -41%
Amerigroup MGMCR $184.71 ↓ -41%
Alive Hospice COMM $184.71 ↓ -41%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $184.71 ↓ -41%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $184.71 ↓ -41%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $184.71 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $184.71 ↓ -41%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $186.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $186.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $186.56 ↓ -40%
United MGMCR $188.40 ↓ -40%
Zing MGMCR $190.25 ↓ -39%
WellCare MCR $190.25 ↓ -39%
BCBS MCR $190.25 ↓ -39%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $193.95 ↓ -38%
Evergreen HMO MCR $193.95 ↓ -38%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $193.95 ↓ -38%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $193.95 ↓ -38%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $193.95 ↓ -38%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $193.95 ↓ -38%
Signature Advantage MCR $195.79 ↓ -37%
BCBS TENNCARE $199.98 ↓ -36%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $203.18 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $203.38 ↓ -35%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $212.42 ↓ -32%
BCBS COVERKIDS $216.53 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network COMM $219.03 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $234.68 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $234.68 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $256.58 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $265.96 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $265.98 ↓ -15%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $271.52 ↓ -13%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $271.52 ↓ -13%
Prime Health COMMPPO $275.35 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $275.35 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $306.64 ↓ -2%
BCBS NetworkP $385.90 ↑ +23%
BCBS BlueCare $398.59 ↑ +27%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $185.87 $56.30 – $378.47
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $167.10 $44.00 – $402.67
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $185.87 $33.70 – $378.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $185.87 $137.92 – $378.47
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $167.10 $37.00 – $402.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $167.10 $57.00 – $443.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $167.10 $46.00 – $402.67
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $167.10 $61.00 – $443.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →