Prep ak ischial laminated 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

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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.

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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.

$2,118.97 with Wellpoint vs $4,326.22 with NovaNET — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2,118.97
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $2,943.01
HealthSpring DualEligible $2,943.01
HealthSpring MCRHMO $2,943.01
HealthSpring MCRPOS $2,943.01
HealthSpring MCRPPO $2,943.01
Devoted Health Plan MCR $2,943.01
United VACCN $2,943.01
Amerigroup MGMCR $2,943.01
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $2,943.01
Alive Hospice COMM $2,943.01
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $2,943.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $2,972.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $2,972.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $2,972.44
United MGMCR $3,001.87
WellCare MCR $3,031.30
BCBS MCR $3,031.30
Zing MGMCR $3,031.30
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3,090.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3,090.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3,090.16
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3,090.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3,090.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $3,090.16
Signature Advantage MCR $3,119.59
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3,237.31
Bright Health MCRNarrow $3,384.46
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,237.93
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,326.22
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $4,326.22

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Prep ak ischial laminated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $2,943.01 – $4,326.22
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $2,854.72 – $4,326.22
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $2,648.71 – $4,326.22
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $2,118.97 – $4,326.22
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $2,648.71 – $4,326.22
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $2,648.71 – $4,326.22
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $1,409.87 – $3,090.16
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $2,943.01 – $3,090.16

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