Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$1,898.80

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.

$1,898.80

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.

$218.92 with Humana vs $1,860.82 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 $218.92 ↓ -88%
Humana HumanaChoice $218.92 ↓ -88%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $218.92 ↓ -88%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $218.92 ↓ -88%
BCBS NetworkP $261.58 ↓ -86%
BCBS TENNCARE $297.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS COVERKIDS $322.39 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $349.57 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $360.77 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $360.77 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $469.00 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $473.03 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $473.03 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $474.70 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueCare $591.42 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $619.01 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $782.31 ↓ -59%
Cigna NewBusiness $827.04 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $854.46 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $939.41 ↓ -51%
Aetna NAP $949.40 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $949.40 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,234.22 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,329.16 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,424.10 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,424.10 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,557.02 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,613.98 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,670.94 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,670.94 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,860.82 ↓ -2%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,311.71 $222.34 – $824.28
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $257.91 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,311.71 $222.34 – $824.28
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $115.93 – $813.24
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $452.25 $193.22 – $910.18
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $289.84 – $791.28
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $452.25 $193.22 – $910.18
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $392.49 $222.34 – $735.92

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