Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance 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

$1,224.21

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.

$1,224.21

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.

$46.78 with BCBS vs $1,199.73 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 $46.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $50.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $84.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $93.23 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $208.12 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $224.03 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $225.38 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $232.60 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $232.60 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $273.00 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $284.02 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $293.81 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $302.38 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $306.05 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $308.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $342.78 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $350.12 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $399.09 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $403.99 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $504.37 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $550.89 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $612.11 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $612.11 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $795.74 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $856.95 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $918.16 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $918.16 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,003.85 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,040.58 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,077.30 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,077.30 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,199.73 ↓ -2%

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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $399.50 $32.26 – $417.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $160.44 $48.01 – $379.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $76.82 $32.26 – $568.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $229.27 $48.01 – $379.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $92.40 $37.42 – $759.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $419.52 $25.88 – $411.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $92.40 $18.63 – $759.10
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $92.40 $31.06 – $771.71

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