F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$2,282.13

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.

$2,282.13

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.

$186.48 with BCBS vs $2,236.49 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 NetworkP $186.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $342.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $342.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $342.32 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $417.63 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $420.14 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $433.60 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $433.60 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $529.45 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $563.69 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $570.53 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $575.10 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $652.69 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $743.97 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $940.24 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,026.96 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,141.07 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,141.07 ↓ -50%
United CorePayer $1,142.71 ↓ -50%
United HeritageSelect $1,142.71 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,142.71 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,483.38 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,597.49 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,711.60 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,711.60 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,871.35 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,939.81 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,008.27 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,008.27 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,236.49 ↓ -2%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $264.11 $189.63 – $570.67
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $107.16 $72.40 – $260.55
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $153.13 $76.02 – $260.55
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $198.45 $204.80 – $204.80
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $198.45 $204.80 – $204.80
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $198.45 $204.80 – $204.80
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $198.45 $248.42 – $248.42
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $198.45 $204.80 – $204.80

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →