Foot X-ray 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.

$20.54 with BCBS vs $1,265.14 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 $20.54
BCBS NetworkP $20.68
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.23
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $31.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $31.64
Humana BroadNetwork $31.64
Humana HumanaChoice $31.64
BCBS BlueCare $40.78
Aetna COMM $45.74
Aetna NewBusiness $45.74
Cigna NewBusiness $82.76
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
Cigna OAP $94.01
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $237.67
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $245.28
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $245.28
United OptionsPPO $318.87
Humana TRICARE $322.74
Cigna PPO $420.85
Centurion PRISON $531.88
United GlobalBenefitPlan $580.93
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $645.48
Aetna NAP $645.48
Humana BH COMM $839.12
Employers Health Network COMM $903.67
MHNet COMM $968.22
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $968.22
Multiplan COMM $1,058.59
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,097.32
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,136.04
Beech Street COMM $1,136.04
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,265.14

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Foot X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $82.13 $15.33 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $283.28 $22.82 – $446.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $99.82 $15.33 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $404.82 $22.82 – $446.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $76.35 $17.78 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.34 $15.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.34 $15.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $121.28 $22.18 – $127.70

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