Histochemical stains add-on 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

$184.00

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.

$184.00

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.

$11.41 with BCBS vs $180.32 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
BCBS TENNCARE $11.41 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $12.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $22.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.60 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $31.28 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $33.67 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $33.87 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $34.96 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $34.96 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $41.03 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $42.69 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $44.16 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $45.45 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $46.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $49.41 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $59.98 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $73.13 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $73.13 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $75.81 ↓ -59%
United HeritageSelect $79.91 ↓ -57%
United CorePayer $79.91 ↓ -57%
United AllPayerAppendix $79.91 ↓ -57%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $81.48 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $81.48 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoice $81.48 ↓ -56%
Humana BroadNetwork $81.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $82.80 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $92.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $92.00 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $92.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna NewBusiness $114.33 ↓ -38%
Humana BH COMM $119.60 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $128.80 ↓ -30%
Cigna OAP $129.84 ↓ -29%
MHNet COMM $138.00 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $138.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $150.88 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $156.40 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $161.92 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $161.92 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $180.32 ↓ -2%

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