Lung perfusion imaging 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

$2,384.04

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.

$2,384.04

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.

$130.21 with BCBS vs $2,336.36 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 $130.21 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $136.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $140.90 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $182.14 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $258.47 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $317.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $317.17 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $438.90 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $452.97 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $452.97 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $570.00 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $588.86 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $596.01 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $647.44 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $777.20 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $982.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,072.82 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,192.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,192.02 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,549.63 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,668.83 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,788.03 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,788.03 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,954.91 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,026.43 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,097.96 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,097.96 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,336.36 ↓ -2%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $545.01 $97.17 – $589.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $326.79 $144.62 – $772.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $406.64 $97.17 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $467.00 $144.62 – $772.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $112.72 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.60 $97.17 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.60 $97.17 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.60 $100.20 – $589.01

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