Fabrication & fitting 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

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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.

$288.65 with Wellpoint vs $589.32 with NovaNET — 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 $288.65
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $400.90
HealthSpring DualEligible $400.90
HealthSpring MCRHMO $400.90
HealthSpring MCRPOS $400.90
HealthSpring MCRPPO $400.90
Devoted Health Plan MCR $400.90
United VACCN $400.90
Amerigroup MGMCR $400.90
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $400.90
Alive Hospice COMM $400.90
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $400.90
Aetna MGMCRHMO $404.91
Aetna MGMCRPPO $404.91
Aetna MGMCRSNP $404.91
United MGMCR $408.92
WellCare MCR $412.93
BCBS MCR $412.93
Zing MGMCR $412.93
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $420.94
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $420.94
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $420.94
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $420.94
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $420.94
Evergreen HMO MCR $420.94
Signature Advantage MCR $424.95
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $440.99
Bright Health MCRNarrow $461.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $577.30
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $589.32
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $589.32

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Fabrication & fitting at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $400.90 – $589.32
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $388.87 – $589.32
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $360.81 – $589.32
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $288.65 – $589.32
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $360.81 – $589.32
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $360.81 – $589.32
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $400.90 – $420.95
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $400.90 – $420.95

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