Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without contrast) at HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER

107 NATCHEZ PARK DR, DICKSON, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1871530832

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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.

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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.

$154.52 with United vs $9,279.19 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
United Core $154.52 —
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 —
United HeritageSelect $154.52 —
BCBS TENNCARE $197.92 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $213.97 —
BCBS BlueCare $355.72 —
Aetna COMM $459.25 —
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,856.85 —
Apex Health MCR $1,916.36 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,916.36 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,916.36 —
Humana TRICARE $2,521.52 —
United OptionsPPO $3,005.65 —
Cigna PPO $3,691.51 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,538.74 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $5,043.04 —
Aetna NAP $5,043.04 —
Employers Health Network COMM $7,060.26 —
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $8,068.86 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $8,573.17 —
Multiplan COMM $9,077.47 —
Beech Street COMM $9,279.19 —

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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $707.07 $91.66 – $562.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,012.92 $78.34 – $2,395.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $712.54 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,447.51 $78.34 – $2,395.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $531.75 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $764.10 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $764.10 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $727.71 $90.33 – $562.76

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →