Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$42.12

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.

$42.12

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.

$4.21 with Wellpoint vs $41.28 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $4.21 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $7.44 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.44 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $7.75 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.00 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $8.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $9.05 ↓ -79%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.36 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.36 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.36 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $9.36 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $9.36 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.36 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.36 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $9.36 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $9.36 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $9.36 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.45 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.45 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.45 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $9.64 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $9.64 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $9.73 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.83 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.83 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.83 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $9.92 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $10.11 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.30 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $10.40 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $10.53 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.76 ↓ -74%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.48 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $13.73 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.76 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.76 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS TENNCARE $17.23 ↓ -59%
Centurion PRISON $17.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.65 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $18.95 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $18.98 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $21.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $21.06 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $27.38 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $28.08 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $29.48 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $31.59 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $31.59 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueCare $34.33 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMM $34.54 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $35.80 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $37.07 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $37.07 ↓ -12%
Humana BroadNetwork $37.44 ↓ -11%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.44 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.44 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $37.44 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $41.28 ↓ -2%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $3.37 – $29.34
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.70 $4.68 – $20.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $48.35 $8.42 – $29.34
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.27 $4.70 – $20.93
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $11.70 $3.38 – $20.40

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