Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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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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.

$0.09 with Cigna vs $15.44 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
Cigna NewBusiness $0.09
Cigna OAP $0.10
United CorePayer $0.13
United AllPayerAppendix $0.13
United HeritageSelect $0.13
Aetna MGMCRHMO $2.36
Aetna MGMCRPPO $2.36
Aetna MGMCRSNP $2.36
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2.90
BCBS NetworkP $3.62
Ambetter Select $3.65
United OptionsPPO $3.89
Humana TRICARE $3.94
Cigna PPO $5.13
Centurion PRISON $6.49
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7.09
Signature Advantage MCR $7.88
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $7.88
Humana BH COMM $10.24
Employers Health Network COMM $11.03
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $11.81
Multiplan COMM $12.91
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $13.39
Prime Health COMMPPO $13.86
Beech Street COMM $13.86
TriWest Healthcare FED $15.44

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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $83.47 $0.05 – $0.18
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $293.94 $0.06 – $0.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $119.28 $0.06 – $0.18
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $199.06 $0.07 – $123.03
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $95.70 $0.09 – $0.15
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $199.06 $0.07 – $0.09
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $199.06 $0.07 – $0.09
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $146.73 $0.07 – $0.09

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