Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$2,274.92

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.

$2,274.92

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.

$70.19 with BCBS vs $2,229.42 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 $70.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $76.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $128.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $139.90 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $386.74 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $416.31 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $418.81 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $432.23 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $432.23 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $507.31 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $527.78 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $545.98 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $561.91 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $568.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $573.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $636.98 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $650.63 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $741.62 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $750.72 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $937.27 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,023.71 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,137.46 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,137.46 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,478.70 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,592.44 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,706.19 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,706.19 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,865.43 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,933.68 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,001.93 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,001.93 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,229.42 ↓ -2%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $229.20 $48.41 – $272.71
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $145.04 $72.05 – $343.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $137.08 $48.41 – $371.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $207.27 $72.05 – $343.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $234.75 $56.16 – $445.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $240.77 $48.41 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $240.77 $48.41 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $481.11 $49.40 – $268.77

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