X-ray bone survey infant 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

$3,530.33

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.

$3,530.33

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.

$36.92 with BCBS vs $3,459.72 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 TENNCARE $36.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $64.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $73.28 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $130.48 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $130.48 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $130.48 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $130.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $143.45 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $143.45 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -96%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -96%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $234.86 ↓ -93%
Cigna OAP $266.77 ↓ -92%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $649.93 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $670.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $670.76 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $871.99 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $882.58 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,150.89 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,454.50 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,588.65 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,765.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,765.16 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $2,294.71 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,471.23 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $2,647.75 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,647.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $2,894.87 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,000.78 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,106.69 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $3,106.69 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $3,459.72 ↓ -2%

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X-ray bone survey infant at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $27.55 – $179.33
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $125.12 $27.55 – $194.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $31.96 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $160.85 $27.55 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $160.85 $27.55 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $153.18 $37.36 – $179.33
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $67.85 $31.96 – $161.01
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $69.30 $27.17 – $212.67

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