X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) 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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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.

$24.12 with BCBS vs $425.52 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 $24.12
BCBS NetworkP $24.46
BCBS COVERKIDS $26.08
Humana BroadNetwork $35.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $35.48
Humana HumanaChoice $35.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $35.48
BCBS BlueCare $43.36
Aetna NewBusiness $53.94
Aetna COMM $53.94
United HeritageSelect $83.86
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $85.15
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $87.88
Apex Health MCR $87.88
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $87.88
Cigna NewBusiness $100.91
Cigna OAP $114.62
Humana TRICARE $115.63
United OptionsPPO $141.99
Cigna PPO $169.28
Centurion PRISON $190.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $208.13
Aetna NAP $231.26
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $231.26
Employers Health Network COMM $323.76
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $346.89
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $370.02
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $393.14
Multiplan COMM $416.27
Beech Street COMM $425.52

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X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $90.93 $16.30 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $122.25 $24.26 – $171.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.24 $16.30 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $174.70 $24.26 – $171.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $18.91 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $160.85 $16.30 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $160.85 $16.30 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $153.18 $22.18 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →