IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

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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.

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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.

$77.53 with BCBS vs $846.38 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 $77.53
BCBS COVERKIDS $83.95
Bright Health HIX $146.82
BCBS BlueCare $154.53
Oscar HIX $158.05
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $159.00
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $164.09
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $164.09
Ambetter CORE $192.59
BCBS NetworkP $198.64
Ambetter Select $200.37
Bright Health SmallGroup $207.28
United OptionsPPO $213.32
Humana TRICARE $215.91
Cigna NewBusiness $217.64
Aetna NewBusiness $241.82
Cigna OAP $247.00
Cigna PPO $281.55
Aetna COMM $285.00
Centurion PRISON $355.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $388.64
Aetna NAP $431.82
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $431.82
Humana BH COMM $561.37
Employers Health Network COMM $604.55
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $647.74
MHNet COMM $647.74
Multiplan COMM $708.19
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $734.10
Prime Health COMMPPO $760.01
Beech Street COMM $760.01
TriWest Healthcare FED $846.38

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $53.47 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $278.84 $79.58 – $659.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $53.47 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $398.47 $79.58 – $659.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $92.55 $61.37 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $148.43 $63.32 – $278.42

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →