X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) 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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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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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.

$21.84 with BCBS vs $1,469.85 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

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 $21.84
BCBS NetworkP $22.26
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.84
Humana BroadNetwork $32.84
Humana HumanaChoice $32.84
Aetna COMM $43.04
Aetna NewBusiness $43.04
BCBS BlueCare $43.36
Cigna NewBusiness $77.43
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
Cigna OAP $87.95
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $276.12
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $284.97
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $284.97
United OptionsPPO $370.46
Humana TRICARE $374.96
Cigna PPO $488.95
Centurion PRISON $617.94
United GlobalBenefitPlan $674.93
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $749.92
Aetna NAP $749.92
Humana BH COMM $974.90
Employers Health Network COMM $1,049.89
MHNet COMM $1,124.89
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,124.89
Multiplan COMM $1,229.88
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,274.87
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,319.87
Beech Street COMM $1,319.87
TriWest Healthcare FED $1,469.85

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X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $85.98 $16.30 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $291.27 $24.26 – $459.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $106.49 $16.30 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $416.24 $24.26 – $459.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $76.35 $18.91 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $144.62 $16.30 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $144.62 $16.30 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $137.73 $22.18 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →