Urine ost pouch w faucet/tap 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.

$6.69 with Wellpoint vs $13.66 with NovaNET — 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 $6.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.29
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.29
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.29
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.29
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.29
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.29
United VACCN $9.29
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.29
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.29
Alive Hospice COMM $9.29
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.29
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.38
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.38
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.38
United MGMCR $9.48
WellCare MCR $9.57
BCBS MCR $9.57
Zing MGMCR $9.57
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.75
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.75
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.75
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.75
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.75
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.75
Signature Advantage MCR $9.85
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.22
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.68
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.38
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.66
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.66

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Urine ost pouch w faucet/tap at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $9.29 – $13.66
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $9.01 – $13.66
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $8.36 – $13.66
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $6.69 – $13.66
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $8.36 – $13.66
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $8.36 – $13.66
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $6.72 – $9.75
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $9.29 – $9.75

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