Kidney imaging morphology 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

$4,829.66

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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.

$4,829.66

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.

$82.16 with Humana vs $4,733.07 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
Humana BroadNetwork $82.16 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $82.16 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $82.16 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $82.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $115.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $124.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $136.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $228.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $229.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $229.61 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $433.47 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $492.36 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $889.14 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $917.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $917.64 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,192.93 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $1,207.41 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,574.47 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,989.82 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,173.35 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,414.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $2,414.83 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $3,139.28 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,380.76 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $3,622.24 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $3,622.24 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $3,960.32 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $4,105.21 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $4,250.10 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $4,250.10 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $4,733.07 ↓ -2%

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Kidney imaging morphology at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $86.07 – $589.01
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $99.84 – $813.24
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $99.84 – $813.24
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $452.25 $99.84 – $910.18
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $121.36 – $791.28
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $452.25 $99.84 – $910.18
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $292.74 $86.07 – $735.92
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $452.25 $99.84 – $870.49

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