X-ray exam of jaw joint 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

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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 (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.

$20.04 with BCBS vs $1,160.31 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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 NetworkP $20.04
BCBS TENNCARE $21.03
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.74
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $34.24
Humana BroadNetwork $34.24
Humana HumanaChoice $34.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $34.24
BCBS BlueCare $37.80
Aetna COMM $46.26
Aetna NewBusiness $46.26
Cigna NewBusiness $81.70
United HeritageSelect $83.86
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
Cigna OAP $92.80
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $232.19
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $239.63
Apex Health MCR $239.63
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $239.63
Humana TRICARE $315.30
United OptionsPPO $387.19
Cigna PPO $461.60
Centurion PRISON $519.62
United GlobalBenefitPlan $567.54
Aetna NAP $630.61
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $630.61
Employers Health Network COMM $882.85
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $945.91
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,008.97
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,072.03
Multiplan COMM $1,135.09
Beech Street COMM $1,160.31

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X-ray exam of jaw joint at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $97.26 $14.21 – $127.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $34.50 $14.21 – $160.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $66.00 $16.48 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $97.26 $14.21 – $127.70
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $64.63 $16.48 – $87.38
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $66.00 $16.13 – $177.03
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $66.00 $16.48 – $198.14
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $66.00 $20.04 – $172.25

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