Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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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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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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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$4.83 with Wellpoint vs $877.10 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

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 $4.83
Aetna COMM $8.54
Aetna NewBusiness $8.54
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.74
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.74
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.74
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.74
Bright Health HIX $10.74
HealthSpring DualEligible $10.74
HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.74
HealthSpring MCRPOS $10.74
HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.74
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $10.74
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.74
United AllPayerAppendix $10.74
United CorePayer $10.74
Alive Hospice COMM $10.74
United HeritageSelect $10.74
United VACCN $10.74
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.85
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.85
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.85
United MGMCR $10.95
BCBS MCR $11.06
WellCare MCR $11.06
Zing MGMCR $11.06
Ambetter Select $11.17
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.28
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.28
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.28
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.28
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.28
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.28
Signature Advantage MCR $11.38
Ambetter CORE $11.60
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.81
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.35
BCBS NetworkP $14.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.79
Cigna NewBusiness $19.02
Cigna OAP $21.61
BCBS TENNCARE $30.70
Oscar HIX $32.22
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.24
Humana BroadNetwork $42.96
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $42.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $42.96
Humana HumanaChoice $42.96
BCBS BlueCare $61.18
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $164.77
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $170.05
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $170.05
United OptionsPPO $221.06
Humana TRICARE $223.75
Cigna PPO $291.77
Centurion PRISON $368.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $402.75
Aetna NAP $447.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $447.50
Humana BH COMM $581.75
Employers Health Network COMM $626.50
MHNet COMM $671.25
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $671.25
Multiplan COMM $733.90
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $760.75
Beech Street COMM $787.60
Prime Health COMMPPO $787.60
TriWest Healthcare FED $877.10

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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $95.66 $3.87 – $41.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.97 $9.53 – $163.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $36.11 $9.34 – $21.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $98.56 $9.53 – $163.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $18.90 $5.37 – $23.41
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $95.66 $7.53 – $41.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $95.66 $7.53 – $41.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $95.66 $7.53 – $41.76

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