Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

$1,791.09

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.

$1,791.09

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.

$37.07 with BCBS vs $1,755.27 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 $37.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $58.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $62.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $115.18 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $119.72 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $119.72 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $119.72 ↓ -93%
Humana BroadNetwork $119.72 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $141.77 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $141.77 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -91%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $222.09 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $252.26 ↓ -86%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $329.74 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $340.31 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $340.31 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $442.40 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $447.77 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $583.90 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $737.93 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $805.99 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $895.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $895.54 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,164.21 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,253.76 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $1,343.32 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,343.32 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $1,468.69 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,522.43 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,576.16 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,576.16 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,755.27 ↓ -2%

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $264.30 $43.30 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $488.11 $64.44 – $1,154.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $320.62 $43.30 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $697.53 $64.44 – $1,154.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $50.23 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $333.84 $43.30 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $333.84 $43.30 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $317.94 $44.64 – $179.33

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