Urine Culture Test 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

$864.14

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.

$864.14

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.

$3.63 with Wellpoint vs $846.86 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.63 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $6.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.41 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $8.07 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.07 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.07 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.07 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $8.07 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice COMM $8.07 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $8.07 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $8.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.15 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $8.39 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.47 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.47 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.47 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $8.55 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $8.71 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.88 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $11.01 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.62 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.86 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $21.95 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.77 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $24.21 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.28 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.28 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.28 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $43.75 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $159.09 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $164.19 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $164.19 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $213.44 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $216.03 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $281.71 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $356.03 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $388.86 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $432.07 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $432.07 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $561.69 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $604.90 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $648.11 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $648.11 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $708.59 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $734.52 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $760.44 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $760.44 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $846.86 ↓ -2%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $36.56 $2.91 – $31.60
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.56 $5.66 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.56 $5.66 – $31.60

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