Glucagon tolerance 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

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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.

$7.12 with BCBS vs $71.08 with Humana — 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 NetworkP $7.12
Wellpoint MGMCD $8.00
BCBS TENNCARE $12.48
BCBS COVERKIDS $13.52
Aetna COMM $14.13
Aetna NewBusiness $14.13
HealthSpring MCRPOS $17.77
HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.77
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $17.77
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.77
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.77
Alive Hospice COMM $17.77
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.77
HealthSpring DualEligible $17.77
HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.77
United HeritageSelect $17.77
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.77
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.77
Bright Health HIX $17.77
United VACCN $17.77
United AllPayerAppendix $17.77
United CorePayer $17.77
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.95
United MGMCR $18.13
Zing MGMCR $18.30
WellCare MCR $18.30
BCBS MCR $18.30
Ambetter Select $18.48
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.66
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.66
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.66
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.66
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.66
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.66
Signature Advantage MCR $18.84
Ambetter CORE $19.19
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.55
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.44
BCBS BlueCare $24.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.12
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.12
Cigna NewBusiness $31.72
Cigna OAP $36.02
Oscar HIX $53.31
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $71.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $71.08
Humana BroadNetwork $71.08
Humana HumanaChoice $71.08

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Glucagon tolerance test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.40 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $8.61 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $8.61 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $10.57 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $8.61 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $10.68 – $58.71
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $7.12 – $53.31
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $7.12 – $53.31

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