Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER

107 NATCHEZ PARK DR, DICKSON, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871530832

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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.

$233.36 with Humana vs $8,564.63 with Beech Street — 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
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $233.36
Humana BroadNetwork $233.36
Humana HumanaChoice $233.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $233.36
United CorePayer $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
United HeritageSelect $341.20
BCBS TENNCARE $370.46
BCBS COVERKIDS $400.50
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
BCBS BlueCare $665.82
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,713.86
Apex Health MCR $1,768.78
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,768.78
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,768.78
Humana TRICARE $2,327.34
United OptionsPPO $2,857.98
Cigna PPO $3,407.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,189.22
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,654.69
Aetna NAP $4,654.69
Employers Health Network COMM $6,516.57
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $7,447.50
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7,912.97
Multiplan COMM $8,378.44
Beech Street COMM $8,564.63

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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,044.56 $153.44 – $617.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,604.92 $176.05 – $3,795.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $900.22 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,293.51 $176.05 – $3,795.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $956.16 $151.23 – $617.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $956.16 $151.23 – $617.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $910.64 $151.23 – $617.08

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →