Hand 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 $1,768.75 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 $21.62
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.23
Humana HumanaChoice $32.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.84
Humana BroadNetwork $32.84
BCBS BlueCare $40.78
Aetna COMM $48.46
Aetna NewBusiness $48.46
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
Cigna NewBusiness $92.37
Cigna OAP $104.92
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $332.27
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $342.92
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $342.92
United OptionsPPO $445.80
Humana TRICARE $451.21
Cigna PPO $588.38
Centurion PRISON $743.60
United GlobalBenefitPlan $812.18
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $902.42
Aetna NAP $902.42
Humana BH COMM $1,173.15
Employers Health Network COMM $1,263.39
MHNet COMM $1,353.64
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,353.64
Multiplan COMM $1,479.98
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,534.12
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,588.27
Beech Street COMM $1,588.27
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,768.75

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Hand X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.67 $15.33 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $212.53 $22.82 – $502.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $97.29 $15.33 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $303.72 $22.82 – $502.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $80.10 $17.78 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $117.84 $15.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $117.84 $15.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $112.23 $22.18 – $127.70

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