Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$598.13

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.

$598.13

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.

$2.61 with Wellpoint vs $586.17 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.61 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $4.60 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $5.61 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.79 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.79 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $5.79 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $5.79 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.79 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5.79 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.79 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5.79 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $5.79 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $5.79 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice COMM $5.79 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.79 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.79 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $5.79 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.85 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.91 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $5.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $5.96 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $5.96 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $6.02 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.08 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.08 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.08 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.08 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.08 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.08 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $6.14 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $6.26 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.37 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.66 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.34 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.51 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $9.83 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $10.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $11.80 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $17.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $19.59 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $23.16 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $23.16 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $23.16 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $23.16 ↓ -96%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $110.12 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $113.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $113.64 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $147.74 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $149.53 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $194.99 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $246.43 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $269.16 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $299.06 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $299.06 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $388.78 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $418.69 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $448.60 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $448.60 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $490.47 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $508.41 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $526.35 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $526.35 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $586.17 ↓ -2%

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.08 – $18.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.49 $4.21 – $72.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $43.57 $4.21 – $72.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.95 $2.90 – $12.62
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.05 $3.37 – $12.99
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $7.95 $2.42 – $12.62
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $7.95 $2.90 – $13.90
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $7.95 $2.90 – $12.62

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