Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$1,716.61

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.

$1,716.61

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.

$53.71 with BCBS vs $1,682.28 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 $53.71 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $58.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $83.41 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $106.16 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $106.16 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $106.16 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $106.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $106.61 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -91%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $156.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $156.71 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $263.67 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $299.50 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $316.03 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $326.16 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $326.16 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $424.00 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $429.15 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $559.61 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $707.24 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $772.47 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $858.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $858.30 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,115.80 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,201.63 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,287.46 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,287.46 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,407.62 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,459.12 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,510.62 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,510.62 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,682.28 ↓ -2%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $200.45 $40.08 – $235.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $374.74 $59.65 – $886.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $235.06 $40.08 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $535.52 $59.65 – $886.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $46.49 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $289.56 $40.08 – $235.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $289.56 $40.08 – $235.83
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $289.52 $47.68 – $235.83

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