Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$3,887.76

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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.

$3,887.76

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.

$145.40 with Humana vs $3,810.00 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 BroadNetwork $145.40 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $145.40 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $145.40 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $145.40 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $156.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $169.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $223.13 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $310.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $444.30 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $444.30 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -88%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -88%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -88%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $715.74 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $738.67 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $738.67 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $827.67 ↓ -79%
Cigna OAP $940.12 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $960.28 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $971.94 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,267.41 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,601.76 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,749.49 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,943.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,943.88 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $2,527.04 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,721.43 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $2,915.82 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,915.82 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $3,187.96 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,304.60 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,421.23 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $3,421.23 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,810.00 ↓ -2%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $418.64 $116.58 – $818.65
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $898.66 $173.51 – $2,125.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $590.64 $116.58 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,284.23 $173.51 – $2,125.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $135.23 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $681.51 $116.58 – $818.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $681.51 $116.58 – $818.65
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $681.48 $120.62 – $818.65

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