Specific gravity body fluid 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

$14.76

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.

$14.76

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.

$1.48 with Wellpoint vs $14.46 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $1.48 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $2.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.61 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2.72 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2.80 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2.80 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $3.20 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $3.28 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.28 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $3.28 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.28 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $3.28 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $3.28 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.28 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.28 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring DualEligible $3.28 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.28 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $3.28 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $3.28 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $3.28 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.31 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $3.35 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $3.38 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $3.38 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $3.38 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $3.41 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.44 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.44 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.44 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.44 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.44 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.44 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $3.48 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $3.54 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3.61 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $3.65 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $3.69 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $3.77 ↓ -74%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.72 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $4.81 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $4.82 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.82 ↓ -67%
BCBS TENNCARE $5.60 ↓ -62%
Cigna NewBusiness $5.77 ↓ -61%
BCBS COVERKIDS $6.06 ↓ -59%
Centurion PRISON $6.08 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $6.55 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.64 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $7.38 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $7.38 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $9.59 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $9.84 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $10.33 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $11.07 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $11.07 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueCare $11.16 ↓ -24%
Multiplan COMM $12.10 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $12.55 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $12.99 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $12.99 ↓ -12%
Humana BroadNetwork $13.12 ↓ -11%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $13.12 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $13.12 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $13.12 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $14.46 ↓ -2%

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Specific gravity body fluid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $29.67 $1.18 – $10.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $16.28 $2.23 – $38.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1.61 $2.85 – $6.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $23.27 $2.23 – $38.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $4.20 $1.64 – $7.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $29.67 $1.76 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $29.67 $1.76 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $29.67 $1.76 – $10.16

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