Set radiation therapy field 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

$4,470.88

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.

$4,470.88

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.

$246.85 with BCBS vs $4,381.46 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 $246.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $267.12 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $317.04 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $317.04 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $317.04 ↓ -93%
Humana BroadNetwork $317.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $375.03 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $490.03 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $747.56 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $747.56 ↓ -83%
Bright Health HIX $760.05 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $818.17 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $823.09 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $997.01 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $1,037.24 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,073.01 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $1,104.31 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $1,117.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,144.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna OAP $1,299.69 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $1,457.51 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,842.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,011.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $2,235.44 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,235.44 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $2,906.07 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,129.62 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $3,353.16 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $3,353.16 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $3,666.12 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,800.25 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,934.37 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $3,934.37 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $4,381.46 ↓ -2%

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Set radiation therapy field at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $836.66 $184.22 – $1,184.09
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $918.20 $205.32 – $2,171.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,312.15 $205.32 – $2,171.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $480.60 $213.70 – $761.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $836.66 $184.22 – $1,184.09
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $480.60 $94.91 – $761.68
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $480.60 $158.18 – $852.49
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $480.60 $237.28 – $741.12

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