Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$465.66

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.

$465.66

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.

$26.01 with BCBS vs $456.35 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 $26.01 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $28.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $47.52 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $51.85 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $79.16 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $85.22 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $85.73 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $88.48 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $88.48 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $103.84 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $108.03 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $111.76 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $115.02 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $116.42 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $117.35 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $130.38 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $133.18 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $151.81 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $153.67 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $191.85 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $209.55 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $232.83 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $232.83 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $302.68 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $325.96 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $349.25 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $349.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $381.84 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $395.81 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $409.78 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $409.78 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $456.35 ↓ -2%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.56 $17.94 – $172.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $77.26 $26.70 – $189.52
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.75 $17.94 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $110.41 $26.70 – $189.52
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $38.85 $20.81 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.35 $14.86 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.35 $14.86 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $75.56 $14.86 – $170.34

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