Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$1,225.19

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.

$1,225.19

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.

$181.42 with Aetna vs $1,200.69 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
Aetna COMM $181.42 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $181.42 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $208.28 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $224.21 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $225.56 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $232.79 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $232.79 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $273.22 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $281.79 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $284.24 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $294.05 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $302.62 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $306.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $308.75 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $350.40 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $399.41 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $504.78 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $551.34 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $612.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $612.60 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $796.37 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $857.63 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $918.89 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $918.89 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,004.66 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,041.41 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,078.17 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,078.17 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,200.69 ↓ -2%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $456.05 $88.45 – $665.64
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $114.15 $102.60 – $803.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $455.57 $88.45 – $665.64
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $455.57 $88.45 – $665.64
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $455.57 $132.15 – $665.64
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $455.57 $88.45 – $665.64
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $112.01 $102.60 – $487.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $114.15 $102.60 – $803.50

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