Intracranial limited 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

$2,482.92

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.

$2,482.92

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.

$157.11 with BCBS vs $2,433.26 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 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $237.71 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $313.13 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $401.27 ↓ -84%
Bright Health HIX $422.10 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $454.37 ↓ -82%
Cigna OAP $455.79 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $457.11 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $471.75 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $471.75 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $553.69 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $576.04 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $595.90 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $613.28 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $620.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $809.43 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,022.96 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,117.31 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,241.46 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,241.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↓ -40%
Humana BH COMM $1,613.90 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,738.04 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,862.19 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,862.19 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $2,035.99 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,110.48 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,184.97 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,184.97 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,433.26 ↓ -2%

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Intracranial limited study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $192.15 $91.66 – $370.37
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $125.80 $85.00 – $297.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $179.78 $89.25 – $297.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $56.63 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $192.15 $91.66 – $370.37
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $229.50 $22.65 – $212.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $229.50 $37.75 – $238.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $56.63 – $206.93

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