Herpes simplex virus isolation 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.

$15.24 with Wellpoint vs $149.32 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.24
Aetna COMM $26.92
Aetna NewBusiness $26.92
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $28.05
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $28.95
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $28.95
HealthSpring DualEligible $33.86
HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.86
HealthSpring MCRPOS $33.86
HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.86
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $33.86
Bright Health SmallGroup $33.86
Amerigroup MGMCR $33.86
United HeritageSelect $33.86
Alive Hospice COMM $33.86
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $33.86
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $33.86
Devoted Health Plan MCR $33.86
Bright Health HIX $33.86
United VACCN $33.86
United AllPayerAppendix $33.86
United CorePayer $33.86
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.20
United MGMCR $34.54
BCBS MCR $34.88
WellCare MCR $34.88
Zing MGMCR $34.88
Ambetter Select $35.21
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.55
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.55
Signature Advantage MCR $35.89
Ambetter CORE $36.57
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $37.25
United OptionsPPO $37.64
Humana TRICARE $38.09
Bright Health MCRNarrow $38.94
BCBS NetworkP $46.20
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.76
Cigna PPO $49.67
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $49.77
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $49.77
BCBS TENNCARE $53.43
BCBS COVERKIDS $57.85
Cigna NewBusiness $60.56
Centurion PRISON $62.78
United GlobalBenefitPlan $68.57
Cigna OAP $68.77
Aetna NAP $76.19
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $76.19
Humana BH COMM $99.04
Oscar HIX $101.58
BCBS BlueCare $106.50
Employers Health Network COMM $106.66
MHNet COMM $114.28
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $114.28
Multiplan COMM $124.94
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $129.51
Prime Health COMMPPO $134.09
Beech Street COMM $134.09
Humana HumanaChoice $135.44
Humana BroadNetwork $135.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $135.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $135.44
TriWest Healthcare FED $149.32

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.53 $12.19 – $130.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $39.96 $30.08 – $94.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $57.11 $28.35 – $94.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.75 $16.93 – $73.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $28.53 $30.47 – $130.95

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