Ultrasound elastography parenchyma 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.

$69.56 with BCBS vs $280.10 with Cigna — 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 $69.56
BCBS TENNCARE $77.28
BCBS COVERKIDS $83.62
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $111.56
Humana BroadNetwork $111.56
Humana HumanaChoice $111.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $111.56
Aetna COMM $144.20
Aetna NewBusiness $144.20
United CorePayer $151.89
United HeritageSelect $151.89
United AllPayerAppendix $151.89
BCBS BlueCare $153.40
Cigna NewBusiness $246.60
Cigna OAP $280.10

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Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $57.67 – $205.15
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $66.90 – $212.67
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $40.50 – $212.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $101.55 $66.90 – $238.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $81.31 – $206.93
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $101.55 $66.90 – $238.03
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $82.53 $57.67 – $194.76
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $101.55 $66.90 – $227.64

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →