Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$50.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$8.50 with Bright Health vs $149.16 with United — 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
Bright Health HIX $8.50 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $9.15 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $9.21 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $9.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $9.50 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $9.50 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $11.15 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $11.60 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.00 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $12.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $15.35 ↓ -69%
BCBS NetworkP $17.69 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $18.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.54 ↓ -59%
Aetna COMM $20.54 ↓ -59%
Centurion PRISON $20.60 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $22.50 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $25.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $25.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $25.10 ↓ -50%
BCBS COVERKIDS $27.14 ↓ -46%
Employers Health Network COMM $35.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna NewBusiness $35.18 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $37.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna OAP $39.96 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $40.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $42.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $45.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS BlueCare $45.34 ↓ -9%
Beech Street COMM $46.00 ↓ -8%
Humana BroadNetwork $101.24 ↑ +102%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $101.24 ↑ +102%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $101.24 ↑ +102%
Humana HumanaChoice $101.24 ↑ +102%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↑ +198%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↑ +198%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↑ +198%

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Compatibility test each unit electronic at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $102.11 $15.69 – $229.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $94.72 $23.35 – $224.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $135.36 $23.35 – $224.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.20 $13.44 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $102.11 $7.40 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $102.11 $15.69 – $229.75

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