Ultrasound breast complete 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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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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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.

$63.11 with BCBS vs $1,315.66 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 $63.11
BCBS TENNCARE $70.11
BCBS COVERKIDS $75.86
Humana HumanaChoice $135.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $135.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $135.88
Humana BroadNetwork $135.88
BCBS BlueCare $139.17
Aetna COMM $144.07
Aetna NewBusiness $144.07
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Cigna NewBusiness $215.02
Cigna OAP $244.24
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $247.16
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $255.08
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $255.08
United OptionsPPO $331.60
Humana TRICARE $335.63
Cigna PPO $437.66
Centurion PRISON $553.11
United GlobalBenefitPlan $604.13
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $671.25
Aetna NAP $671.25
Humana BH COMM $872.63
Employers Health Network COMM $939.76
MHNet COMM $1,006.88
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,006.88
Multiplan COMM $1,100.86
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,141.13
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,181.41
Beech Street COMM $1,181.41
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,315.66

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $346.94 $52.32 – $188.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $997.23 $59.85 – $1,887.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $189.52 $52.32 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,425.09 $59.85 – $1,887.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $60.69 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $346.94 $45.37 – $188.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $346.94 $45.37 – $188.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $346.94 $45.37 – $188.95

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →