Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$237.54

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.

$237.54

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.

$18.34 with BCBS vs $232.79 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 NetworkP $18.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.53 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $21.53 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -86%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -86%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.34 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $40.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna OAP $41.27 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $43.47 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $43.73 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $45.13 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $45.13 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $52.97 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $55.11 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $57.01 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $58.67 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $59.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $77.44 ↓ -67%
BCBS TENNCARE $85.06 ↓ -64%
BCBS COVERKIDS $92.10 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $97.87 ↓ -59%
Humana BroadNetwork $104.96 ↓ -56%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $104.96 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $104.96 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoice $104.96 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $106.89 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $118.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $118.77 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $154.40 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $166.28 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueCare $169.53 ↓ -29%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $178.16 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $178.16 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $194.78 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $201.91 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $209.04 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $209.04 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $232.79 ↓ -2%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $27.51 – $97.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $85.55 $32.28 – $202.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $122.25 $32.28 – $202.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $109.09
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $119.83 $7.47 – $124.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $122.10 $5.37 – $118.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $122.10 $8.96 – $111.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $118.38

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