Dextrose 5 % IV bolus 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

$98.55

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$98.55

Gross charge

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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.

$4.17 with Cigna vs $90.67 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Cigna NewBusiness $4.17 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $4.44 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $4.74 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $7.79 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.79 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $7.79 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.78 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $18.14 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Select $22.86 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $24.64 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $30.25 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $36.07 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $40.60 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.35 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $49.27 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $49.27 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $68.98 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $73.91 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $78.84 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $83.77 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $88.69 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $90.67 ↓ -8%

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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $46.35 $4.10 – $17.27
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $7.77 $1.11 – $5.53
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.48 $3.65 – $17.27
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $11.10 $1.17 – $5.53
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.26 $10.76 – $18.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $46.35 $4.10 – $17.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $46.35 $4.10 – $17.27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $46.35 $4.10 – $17.27

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →