Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$2,425.29

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.

$2,425.29

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.

$8.07 with BCBS vs $2,376.78 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 NetworkP $8.07 ↓ -100%
BCBS TENNCARE $71.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $77.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $142.90 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $152.24 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $152.24 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $152.24 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $152.24 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $203.69 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $203.69 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $309.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna OAP $352.08 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $412.30 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $443.83 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $446.50 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $540.84 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $562.67 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $582.07 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $599.05 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $606.32 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $790.64 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $999.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,091.38 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,212.64 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,212.64 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,576.44 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,697.70 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,818.97 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,818.97 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,988.74 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,061.50 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,134.26 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,134.26 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,376.78 ↓ -2%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $190.83 $9.71 – $215.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $254.56 $14.48 – $602.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $363.78 $14.48 – $602.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $238.65 $36.56 – $273.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $190.83 $9.71 – $211.31
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $238.65 $20.90 – $273.42
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $238.65 $26.58 – $306.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $238.65 $36.56 – $266.04

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