Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$1,288.20

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$1,288.20

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.

$10.05 with Wellpoint vs $1,262.44 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

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 $10.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $17.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.77 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $22.34 ↓ -98%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $22.34 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $22.34 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $22.34 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $22.34 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring DualEligible $22.34 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.34 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $22.34 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.34 ↓ -98%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $22.34 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $22.34 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.34 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $22.34 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice COMM $22.34 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $22.34 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $22.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $22.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $22.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $22.56 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $22.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $23.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $23.01 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $23.01 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $23.23 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $23.46 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $23.46 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $23.46 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $23.46 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $23.46 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $23.46 ↓ -98%
Signature Advantage MCR $23.68 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $24.13 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $24.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $25.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $30.48 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $32.17 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $32.84 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $45.20 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $63.60 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $67.02 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $68.86 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $126.76 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $237.16 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $244.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $244.76 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $318.19 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $322.05 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $419.95 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $530.74 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $579.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $644.10 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $644.10 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $837.33 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $901.74 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $966.15 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $966.15 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,056.32 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,094.97 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,133.62 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,133.62 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,262.44 ↓ -2%

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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $18.81 $8.04 – $86.93
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $80.52 $19.85 – $190.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $54.28 $19.44 – $44.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $115.06 $19.85 – $190.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $39.15 $11.17 – $48.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93

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