Echo transesophageal at HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER
107 NATCHEZ PARK DR, DICKSON, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871530832
$1,885.49
Cash price 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.
$1,885.49
Gross charge 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.
$15.78 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $15.78 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $17.06 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $28.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $320.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $345.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $347.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $358.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $358.24 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $358.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $420.46 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $433.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $437.43 | ↓ -77% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $452.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $471.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $475.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | OAP | $539.25 | ↓ -71% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $578.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $690.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $776.82 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $848.47 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $942.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $942.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,319.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $1,414.12 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $1,508.39 | ↓ -20% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $1,602.67 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $1,696.94 | ↓ -10% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $1,734.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,807.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | COMM | $4,700.00 | ↑ +149% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,012.03 | $14.67 – $2,393.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,446.24 | $14.67 – $2,393.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $9.86 – $735.15 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $9.86 – $724.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $9.86 – $724.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $14.73 – $724.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $9.86 – $735.15 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $75.09 – $93.86 |