MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$253.36 with Humana vs $8,484.10 with TriWest Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $253.36
Humana BroadNetwork $253.36
Humana HumanaChoice $253.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $253.36
United CorePayer $313.62
United AllPayerAppendix $313.62
United HeritageSelect $313.62
BCBS TENNCARE $424.83
BCBS COVERKIDS $459.71
Aetna NewBusiness $722.38
Aetna COMM $722.38
BCBS BlueCare $843.33
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,593.80
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,644.88
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,644.88
United OptionsPPO $2,138.34
Humana TRICARE $2,164.31
Cigna PPO $2,822.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,895.76
Aetna NAP $4,328.62
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,328.62
Humana BH COMM $5,627.21
Employers Health Network COMM $6,060.07
Multiplan COMM $7,098.94
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7,358.65
Beech Street COMM $7,618.37
Prime Health COMMPPO $7,618.37
TriWest Healthcare FED $8,484.10

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $787.17 $208.35 – $1,113.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,210.35 $186.96 – $2,862.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $784.76 $192.03 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,729.65 $186.96 – $2,862.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $636.75 $220.67 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $958.56 $167.52 – $1,113.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $958.56 $167.52 – $1,113.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $912.90 $167.52 – $1,113.01

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →