Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

$12,868.74

Cash price

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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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$12,868.74

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.

$335.56 with Humana vs $12,611.37 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 NarrowExchangeNetwork $335.56 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $335.56 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $335.56 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $335.56 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $616.10 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $616.10 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $616.10 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $845.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS COVERKIDS $915.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $950.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $950.63 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $1,678.83 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2,369.14 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,445.06 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,445.06 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $3,178.58 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $3,217.18 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $4,195.21 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,790.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $6,434.37 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $6,434.37 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $8,364.68 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $9,008.12 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMM $10,552.37 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $10,938.43 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $11,324.49 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $11,324.49 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $12,611.37 ↓ -2%

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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $987.66 $307.82 – $1,536.47
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,554.89 $315.33 – $3,677.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,422.09 $283.71 – $652.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,222.02 $315.33 – $3,677.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $668.55 $325.55 – $709.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,037.03 $264.35 – $1,536.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,037.03 $264.35 – $1,536.47
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $987.66 $264.35 – $1,536.47

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