Pulse ox single 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

$286.92

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.

$286.92

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.

$11.35 with BCBS vs $281.18 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 $11.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $12.29 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $22.63 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $43.04 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $43.04 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $43.04 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $48.78 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $52.51 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $52.82 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $54.51 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $54.51 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $63.98 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $65.99 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $66.57 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $68.86 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $70.87 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $71.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $72.30 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $80.34 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $82.06 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $93.54 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $94.68 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $118.21 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $129.11 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $143.46 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $143.46 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $143.46 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $186.50 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $200.84 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $215.19 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $215.19 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $235.27 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $243.88 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $252.49 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $252.49 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $281.18 ↓ -2%

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Pulse ox single at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $5.08 – $7.83
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $47.84 $2.20 – $7.83
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $21.00 $9.08 – $140.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $78.99 $5.08 – $10.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $78.99 $5.08 – $11.74
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $78.99 $5.08 – $14.88
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $20.47 $9.08 – $89.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $21.00 $6.73 – $140.00

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