X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$2,943.31

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.

$2,943.31

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.

$62.55 with BCBS vs $2,884.44 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 $62.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $67.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $85.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $124.17 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $166.80 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $166.80 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $166.80 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $166.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $194.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $194.29 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $301.43 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -88%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -88%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $342.38 ↓ -88%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $541.86 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $559.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $559.23 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $727.00 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $735.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $959.52 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,212.64 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,324.49 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,471.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,471.65 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,913.15 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,060.32 ↓ -30%
MHNet COMM $2,207.48 ↓ -25%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,207.48 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMM $2,413.51 ↓ -18%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,501.81 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,590.11 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,590.11 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare FED $2,884.44 ↓ -2%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $202.23 $46.68 – $291.55
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $412.92 $69.47 – $976.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $383.18 $46.68 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $590.09 $69.47 – $976.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.70 $54.15 – $356.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55

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