Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$19.22

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.

$19.22

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.

$1.92 with Wellpoint vs $19.59 with BCBS — 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 $1.92 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $3.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.39 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $3.54 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $3.65 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $3.65 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.27 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.27 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.27 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.27 ↓ -78%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.27 ↓ -78%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.27 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.27 ↓ -78%
United HeritageSelect $4.27 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice COMM $4.27 ↓ -78%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.27 ↓ -78%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.27 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.27 ↓ -78%
Bright Health HIX $4.27 ↓ -78%
United VACCN $4.27 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.27 ↓ -78%
United CorePayer $4.27 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.31 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $4.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCR $4.40 ↓ -77%
WellCare MCR $4.40 ↓ -77%
Zing MGMCR $4.40 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $4.44 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.48 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.48 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -77%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.48 ↓ -77%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.48 ↓ -77%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.53 ↓ -76%
Ambetter CORE $4.61 ↓ -76%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.70 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $4.75 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $4.80 ↓ -75%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.91 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $5.61 ↓ -71%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.15 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $6.27 ↓ -67%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.28 ↓ -67%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $7.50 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $7.92 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $8.52 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8.65 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $9.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $9.61 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $9.83 ↓ -49%
BCBS COVERKIDS $10.64 ↓ -45%
Humana BH COMM $12.49 ↓ -35%
Oscar HIX $12.81 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $13.45 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $14.41 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $14.41 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $15.76 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $16.34 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $16.91 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $16.91 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.08 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.08 ↓ -11%
Humana HumanaChoice $17.08 ↓ -11%
Humana BroadNetwork $17.08 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare FED $18.84 ↓ -2%
BCBS BlueCare $19.59 ↑ +2%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $45.23 $1.54 – $16.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $4.44 $3.79 – $10.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $6.35 $3.15 – $10.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.20 $2.14 – $10.33
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $45.23 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $45.23 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $45.23 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $45.23 $3.84 – $16.95

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