Intracranial complete study 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

$2,674.41

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.

$2,674.41

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.

$157.11 with BCBS vs $2,620.92 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 $157.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $170.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $313.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS NetworkP $399.83 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $454.65 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $489.42 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $492.36 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $508.14 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $508.14 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $596.39 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $620.46 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $641.86 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $660.58 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $668.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $674.95 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $766.65 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $871.86 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,101.86 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,203.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↓ -53%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,337.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,337.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↓ -45%
Humana BH COMM $1,738.37 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,872.09 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,005.81 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $2,005.81 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $2,193.02 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,273.25 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,353.48 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,353.48 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,620.92 ↓ -2%

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Intracranial complete study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $262.56 $132.73 – $620.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $375.21 $132.73 – $620.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $317.55 $125.69 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $317.55 $54.77 – $485.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $317.55 $91.28 – $543.24
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $317.55 $134.55 – $472.27

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →