Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$6,720.97

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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.

$6,720.97

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.

$68.77 with BCBS vs $6,586.55 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 $68.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $74.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $136.51 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $145.56 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $145.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $232.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $395.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $395.27 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $725.70 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $824.30 ↓ -88%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,237.33 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,276.98 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,276.98 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,660.08 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $1,680.24 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $2,191.04 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,769.04 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,024.44 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,360.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $3,360.49 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $4,368.63 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,704.68 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $5,040.73 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $5,040.73 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $5,511.20 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,712.82 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $5,914.45 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $5,914.45 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $6,586.55 ↓ -2%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $539.24 $51.32 – $719.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $290.08 $76.38 – $686.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $272.78 $51.32 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $414.54 $76.38 – $686.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $59.53 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $579.72 $51.32 – $719.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $579.72 $51.32 – $719.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $579.72 $76.68 – $719.70

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