Ventilator initial day 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

$7,036.17

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.

$7,036.17

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.

$113.34 with BCBS vs $6,473.28 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
BCBS TENNCARE $113.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $122.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $204.73 ↓ -97%
Bright Health HIX $1,196.15 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,287.62 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,295.36 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $1,336.87 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,336.87 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,336.87 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $1,569.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $1,618.32 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $1,632.39 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,688.68 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $1,759.04 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,773.11 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,970.13 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $2,012.34 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $2,160.10 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMM $2,321.94 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $2,575.24 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $2,898.90 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,166.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $3,518.09 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,518.09 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,925.32 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $5,277.13 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $5,628.94 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,980.74 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $6,332.55 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $6,473.28 ↓ -8%

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Ventilator initial day at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $485.18 $70.84 – $886.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $680.80 $105.43 – $1,610.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $553.61 $70.84 – $1,207.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $972.90 $105.43 – $1,610.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $198.90 $81.31 – $1,512.49
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $509.54 $70.84 – $873.61
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $509.54 $70.84 – $873.61
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $485.18 $105.84 – $873.61

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