M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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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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.

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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.

$133.11 with BCBS vs $1,024.84 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 $133.11
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United CorePayer $149.16
United HeritageSelect $149.16
BCBS TENNCARE $156.80
BCBS COVERKIDS $169.78
Bright Health HIX $177.78
Oscar HIX $191.37
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $192.52
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $198.69
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $198.69
Ambetter CORE $233.20
Ambetter Select $242.62
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $247.00
Humana BroadNetwork $247.00
Humana HumanaChoice $247.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $247.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $250.98
United OptionsPPO $258.30
Humana TRICARE $261.44
Aetna NewBusiness $304.89
Aetna COMM $304.89
BCBS BlueCare $312.52
Cigna PPO $340.92
Centurion PRISON $430.85
United GlobalBenefitPlan $470.59
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $522.88
Aetna NAP $522.88
Cigna NewBusiness $562.23
Cigna OAP $638.52
Humana BH COMM $679.74
Employers Health Network COMM $732.03
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $784.32
MHNet COMM $784.32
Multiplan COMM $857.52
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $888.90
Beech Street COMM $920.27
Prime Health COMMPPO $920.27
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,024.84

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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $600.21 $108.14 – $1,098.46
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $105.75 $58.99 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $600.21 $90.89 – $1,098.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $600.21 $90.89 – $1,098.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $600.21 $90.89 – $1,098.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $600.21 $108.14 – $1,098.46
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $103.50 $91.81 – $450.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $105.75 $53.09 – $346.58

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