Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$1,554.66

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.

$1,554.66

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.

$33.71 with Cigna vs $1,523.57 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
Cigna NewBusiness $33.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $38.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $77.11 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $88.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $90.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $90.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $95.92 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $104.40 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $104.40 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $104.40 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $104.40 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $175.96 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $286.21 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $295.39 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $295.39 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $384.00 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $388.67 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $506.82 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $640.52 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $699.60 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $777.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $777.33 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,010.53 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,088.26 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,165.99 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,165.99 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,274.82 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,321.46 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,368.10 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,368.10 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,523.57 ↓ -2%

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Ultrasound joint complete left at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $209.46 $66.15 – $186.15
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $176.87 $66.15 – $194.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $20.42 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $301.68 $47.68 – $186.15
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $301.68 $47.68 – $186.15
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $287.31 $47.68 – $186.15
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $209.33 $66.15 – $186.15
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $99.82 $20.42 – $161.01

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