Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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

$32.90

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.

$32.90

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.

$0.30 with Cigna vs $30.27 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
Cigna NewBusiness $0.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $0.34 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $0.37 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.37 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $0.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.93 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $6.06 ↓ -82%
BCBS NetworkP $7.57 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $7.63 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $8.22 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $10.10 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $12.04 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $13.55 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $14.80 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $16.45 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $16.45 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $23.03 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $24.68 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $26.32 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $27.96 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $29.61 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $30.27 ↓ -8%

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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.44 $0.32 – $15.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1.33 $0.24 – $0.31
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.78 $0.32 – $15.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $0.72 $0.51 – $2.83
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51

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