Glucagon tolerance panel 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.

$20.73 with Wellpoint vs $235.48 with BCBS — 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 $20.73
Aetna COMM $36.62
Aetna NewBusiness $36.62
Alive Hospice COMM $46.07
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $46.07
Bright Health SmallGroup $46.07
Bright Health HIX $46.07
HealthSpring DualEligible $46.07
HealthSpring MCRHMO $46.07
HealthSpring MCRPOS $46.07
HealthSpring MCRPPO $46.07
Devoted Health Plan MCR $46.07
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $46.07
Amerigroup MGMCR $46.07
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $46.07
United VACCN $46.07
United AllPayerAppendix $46.07
United CorePayer $46.07
United HeritageSelect $46.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $46.53
Aetna MGMCRSNP $46.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $46.53
United MGMCR $46.99
Zing MGMCR $47.45
WellCare MCR $47.45
BCBS MCR $47.45
Ambetter Select $47.91
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $48.37
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $48.37
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $48.37
Evergreen HMO MCR $48.37
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $48.37
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $48.37
Signature Advantage MCR $48.83
Ambetter CORE $49.75
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $50.68
Bright Health MCRNarrow $52.98
BCBS NetworkP $62.86
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $66.34
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.72
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $67.72
Cigna NewBusiness $81.91
Cigna OAP $93.02
BCBS TENNCARE $118.15
BCBS COVERKIDS $127.92
Oscar HIX $138.21
Humana HumanaChoice $184.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $184.28
Humana BroadNetwork $184.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $184.28
BCBS BlueCare $235.48

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Glucagon tolerance panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $16.59 – $178.35
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $32.30 – $178.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $32.30 – $178.35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $32.30 – $178.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $41.46 – $178.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $41.46 – $178.35
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $20.73 – $138.21
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $20.73 – $138.21

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