F-18 fdg pet diag at HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER
107 NATCHEZ PARK DR, DICKSON, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871530832
$257.20
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.
$257.20
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.
$38.58 with Aetna vs $1,142.71 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.
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 |
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| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $38.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $38.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $38.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar | HIX | $47.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $47.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $48.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $48.87 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $48.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | Select | $59.67 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $64.30 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $64.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | OAP | $73.56 | ↓ -71% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $78.96 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $94.14 | ↓ -63% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $105.97 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $115.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $128.60 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $128.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $180.04 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $186.48 | ↓ -27% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $192.90 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $205.76 | ↓ -20% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $218.62 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $231.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $236.62 | ↓ -8% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $1,142.71 | ↑ +344% |
| United | CorePayer | $1,142.71 | ↑ +344% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,142.71 | ↑ +344% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $264.11 | $189.63 – $570.67 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $107.16 | $72.40 – $260.55 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $153.13 | $76.02 – $260.55 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $198.45 | $204.80 – $204.80 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $198.45 | $204.80 – $204.80 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $198.45 | $204.80 – $204.80 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $198.45 | $248.42 – $248.42 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $198.45 | $204.80 – $204.80 |