Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) at SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS

3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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.

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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.

$214.61 with BCBS vs $7,929.50 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 $214.61 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $232.23 —
United Core $341.20 —
United HeritageSelect $341.20 —
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 —
BCBS BlueCare $426.03 —
Aetna COMM $459.25 —
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,489.61 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,537.35 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,537.35 —
United OptionsPPO $1,820.55 —
Humana TRICARE $2,022.83 —
Cigna PPO $2,637.77 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,641.10 —
Aetna NAP $4,045.66 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,045.66 —
Employers Health Network COMM $5,663.93 —
Multiplan COMM $6,634.89 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $6,877.63 —
Beech Street COMM $7,120.37 —
Prime Health COMMPPO $7,120.37 —
TriWest Healthcare FED $7,929.50 —

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Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $672.63 $153.44 – $767.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $856.33 $157.26 – $2,025.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $777.63 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,223.74 $157.26 – $2,025.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $559.65 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $699.03 $148.75 – $767.18
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $699.03 $148.75 – $767.18
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $665.75 $148.75 – $767.18

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