Fluoroguide needle placement 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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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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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.

$46.87 with BCBS vs $3,697.20 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 $46.87
BCBS COVERKIDS $50.72
BCBS NetworkP $65.76
BCBS BlueCare $93.05
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $104.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $104.64
Humana HumanaChoice $104.64
Humana BroadNetwork $104.64
Aetna COMM $156.14
Aetna NewBusiness $156.14
Aetna MGMCRPPO $565.90
Aetna MGMCRHMO $565.90
Aetna MGMCRSNP $565.90
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $694.54
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $716.80
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $716.80
United OptionsPPO $931.84
Humana TRICARE $943.16
Cigna NewBusiness $950.71
Cigna OAP $1,078.98
Cigna PPO $1,229.88
Centurion PRISON $1,554.33
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,697.69
Aetna NAP $1,886.33
Signature Advantage MCR $1,886.33
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,886.33
Humana BH COMM $2,452.22
Employers Health Network COMM $2,640.86
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,829.49
MHNet COMM $2,829.49
Multiplan COMM $3,093.57
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,206.75
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,319.93
Beech Street COMM $3,319.93
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,697.20

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $173.37 $34.98 – $180.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $255.75 $52.06 – $604.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $233.91 $34.98 – $93.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $365.48 $52.06 – $604.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $40.58 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $230.94 $34.98 – $180.47
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $219.93 $52.26 – $180.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $311.94 $34.98 – $180.47

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →