Rotation wrst with cable lock 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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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.

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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.

$535.64 with Wellpoint vs $1,093.61 with NovaNET — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $535.64
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $743.95
HealthSpring DualEligible $743.95
HealthSpring MCRHMO $743.95
HealthSpring MCRPOS $743.95
HealthSpring MCRPPO $743.95
Devoted Health Plan MCR $743.95
United VACCN $743.95
Amerigroup MGMCR $743.95
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $743.95
Alive Hospice COMM $743.95
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $743.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $751.39
Aetna MGMCRPPO $751.39
Aetna MGMCRSNP $751.39
United MGMCR $758.83
WellCare MCR $766.27
BCBS MCR $766.27
Zing MGMCR $766.27
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $781.15
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $781.15
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $781.15
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $781.15
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $781.15
Evergreen HMO MCR $781.15
Signature Advantage MCR $788.59
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $818.35
Bright Health MCRNarrow $855.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,071.29
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,093.61
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,093.61

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Rotation wrst with cable lock at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $743.95 – $1,093.61
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $721.63 – $1,093.61
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $669.56 – $1,093.61
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $535.64 – $1,093.61
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $669.56 – $1,093.61
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $669.56 – $1,093.61
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $356.40 – $781.15
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $743.95 – $781.15

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