Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

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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.

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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.

$39.19 with BCBS vs $536.68 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 NetworkP $39.19
Cigna NewBusiness $41.31
Cigna OAP $46.97
Aetna MGMCRHMO $82.14
Aetna MGMCRPPO $82.14
Aetna MGMCRSNP $82.14
Oscar HIX $100.22
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $100.82
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $104.05
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $104.05
United CorePayer $126.56
United AllPayerAppendix $126.56
United HeritageSelect $126.56
Ambetter Select $127.05
United OptionsPPO $135.26
Humana TRICARE $136.91
Cigna PPO $178.53
Centurion PRISON $225.62
United GlobalBenefitPlan $246.43
Signature Advantage MCR $273.81
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $273.81
Humana BH COMM $355.96
Employers Health Network COMM $383.34
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $410.72
MHNet COMM $410.72
Multiplan COMM $449.06
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $465.49
Beech Street COMM $481.91
Prime Health COMMPPO $481.91
TriWest Healthcare FED $536.68

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $51.23 $24.21 – $94.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $28.42 $19.20 – $67.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $79.30 $22.35 – $40.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $40.61 $20.16 – $67.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $44.85 $17.33 – $58.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $209.88 $24.21 – $342.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $209.88 $24.21 – $342.80
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $209.88 $24.21 – $330.06

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →