Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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

$551.75

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.

$551.75

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.

$93.80 with Bright Health vs $540.72 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
Bright Health HIX $93.80 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $100.97 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $101.58 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $104.83 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $104.83 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $123.04 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $128.01 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $132.42 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $136.28 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $137.94 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $139.04 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint MGMCD $153.12 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $154.49 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $157.80 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $179.87 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $182.08 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $212.67 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring DualEligible $212.67 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $212.67 ↓ -61%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $212.67 ↓ -61%
Alive Hospice COMM $212.67 ↓ -61%
United VACCN $212.67 ↓ -61%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $212.67 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $212.67 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MGMCR $212.67 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $212.67 ↓ -61%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $212.67 ↓ -61%
BCBS TENNCARE $213.43 ↓ -61%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $214.80 ↓ -61%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $214.80 ↓ -61%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $214.80 ↓ -61%
United MGMCR $216.92 ↓ -61%
Zing MGMCR $219.05 ↓ -60%
WellCare MCR $219.05 ↓ -60%
BCBS MCR $219.05 ↓ -60%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $223.30 ↓ -60%
Evergreen HMO MCR $223.30 ↓ -60%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $223.30 ↓ -60%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $223.30 ↓ -60%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $223.30 ↓ -60%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $223.30 ↓ -60%
Signature Advantage MCR $225.43 ↓ -59%
BCBS COVERKIDS $231.09 ↓ -58%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $233.94 ↓ -58%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $244.57 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $248.29 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $275.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $275.88 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $306.24 ↓ -44%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $312.62 ↓ -43%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $312.62 ↓ -43%
Humana BH COMM $358.64 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $386.23 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $413.81 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $413.81 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueCare $425.38 ↓ -23%
BCBS NetworkP $449.78 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMM $452.44 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $468.99 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $485.54 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $485.54 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $540.72 ↓ -2%

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Fees w/laryngeal sense test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $82.29 – $453.70
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $103.11 $102.13 – $147.19
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $49.70 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $147.19 – $453.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $182.31 – $453.70
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $147.19 – $312.62

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