Heinz bodies induced 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.

$3.07 with Wellpoint vs $36.85 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 $3.07
Aetna COMM $5.43
Aetna NewBusiness $5.43
Alive Hospice COMM $6.82
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.82
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.82
Bright Health HIX $6.82
HealthSpring DualEligible $6.82
HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.82
HealthSpring MCRPOS $6.82
HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.82
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.82
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $6.82
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.82
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.82
United VACCN $6.82
United AllPayerAppendix $6.82
United CorePayer $6.82
United HeritageSelect $6.82
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.89
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.89
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.89
United MGMCR $6.96
Zing MGMCR $7.02
WellCare MCR $7.02
BCBS MCR $7.02
Ambetter Select $7.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.16
Signature Advantage MCR $7.23
Ambetter CORE $7.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.50
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.84
BCBS NetworkP $9.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.82
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.03
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.03
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12
Cigna OAP $13.76
BCBS TENNCARE $18.49
BCBS COVERKIDS $20.02
Oscar HIX $20.46
Humana HumanaChoice $27.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $27.28
Humana BroadNetwork $27.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $27.28
BCBS BlueCare $36.85

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Heinz bodies induced at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.46 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.78 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.78 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $4.78 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $6.14 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $6.14 – $25.96
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $3.07 – $20.46
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $3.07 – $20.46

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