Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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

$1,865.60

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.

$1,865.60

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.

$51.12 with BCBS vs $1,828.29 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 $51.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $55.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $84.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $84.17 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $93.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $101.48 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $194.68 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $194.68 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $194.68 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $194.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $279.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $279.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $279.84 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $343.46 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $354.46 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $354.46 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $460.80 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $466.40 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $470.13 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $533.56 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $608.19 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $768.63 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $839.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $932.80 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $932.80 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $932.80 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,212.64 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,305.92 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,399.20 ↓ -25%
MHNet COMM $1,399.20 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,529.79 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,585.76 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,641.73 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,641.73 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,828.29 ↓ -2%

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $38.15 – $131.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $370.30 $56.78 – $875.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $529.18 $56.78 – $875.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $44.25 – $142.89
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $282.24 $38.15 – $175.57
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $99.82 $44.25 – $156.53
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $44.25 – $149.08
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $101.55 $44.25 – $142.38

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