Chest X-ray 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.

$17.35 with BCBS vs $1,255.08 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
BCBS NetworkP $17.35
BCBS TENNCARE $21.28
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.01
BCBS BlueCare $38.25
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $41.00
Humana BroadNetwork $41.00
Humana HumanaChoice $41.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $41.00
Aetna COMM $45.12
Aetna NewBusiness $45.12
Cigna NewBusiness $74.23
United HeritageSelect $83.86
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
Cigna OAP $84.31
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $251.15
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $259.20
Apex Health MCR $259.20
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $259.20
Humana TRICARE $341.06
United OptionsPPO $418.82
Cigna PPO $499.30
Centurion PRISON $562.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $613.90
Aetna NAP $682.11
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $682.11
Employers Health Network COMM $954.95
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,023.16
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,091.38
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,159.59
Multiplan COMM $1,227.80
Beech Street COMM $1,255.08

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Chest X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $115.77 $14.38 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $203.36 $21.40 – $480.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $105.34 $14.38 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $290.61 $21.40 – $480.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $16.68 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $113.87 $14.38 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $113.87 $14.38 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $103.26 $20.89 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →