Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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.

$13.21 with Wellpoint vs $306.25 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 $13.21
Aetna COMM $23.33
Aetna NewBusiness $23.33
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.35
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $29.35
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.35
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.35
Bright Health HIX $29.35
HealthSpring DualEligible $29.35
HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.35
HealthSpring MCRPOS $29.35
HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.35
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $29.35
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.35
United AllPayerAppendix $29.35
United CorePayer $29.35
Alive Hospice COMM $29.35
United HeritageSelect $29.35
United VACCN $29.35
Aetna MGMCRSNP $29.64
Aetna MGMCRHMO $29.64
Aetna MGMCRPPO $29.64
United MGMCR $29.94
BCBS MCR $30.23
WellCare MCR $30.23
Zing MGMCR $30.23
Ambetter Select $30.52
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $30.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $30.82
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $30.82
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $30.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $30.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $30.82
Signature Advantage MCR $31.11
Ambetter CORE $31.70
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.29
Bright Health MCRNarrow $33.75
BCBS NetworkP $40.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.26
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $43.14
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.14
BCBS TENNCARE $48.30
BCBS COVERKIDS $52.30
Cigna NewBusiness $52.48
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $57.53
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $59.38
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $59.38
Cigna OAP $59.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88
United OptionsPPO $77.19
Humana TRICARE $78.13
Oscar HIX $88.05
BCBS BlueCare $96.27
Cigna PPO $101.88
Centurion PRISON $128.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $140.63
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $156.25
Aetna NAP $156.25
Humana BH COMM $203.13
Employers Health Network COMM $218.75
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $234.38
MHNet COMM $234.38
Multiplan COMM $256.25
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $265.63
Prime Health COMMPPO $275.00
Beech Street COMM $275.00
TriWest Healthcare FED $306.25

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $145.56 $10.57 – $114.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $100.94 $26.07 – $207.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $54.28 $25.53 – $58.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $144.25 $26.07 – $207.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $51.45 $14.68 – $63.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $145.56 $20.58 – $114.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $145.56 $20.58 – $114.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $145.56 $20.58 – $114.00

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