X-ray neck soft tissue 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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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.

$17.69 with BCBS vs $808.68 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

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 $17.69
BCBS NetworkP $18.47
BCBS COVERKIDS $19.12
BCBS BlueCare $31.79
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $34.24
Humana BroadNetwork $34.24
Humana HumanaChoice $34.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $34.24
Aetna COMM $42.18
Aetna NewBusiness $42.18
Cigna NewBusiness $72.09
Cigna OAP $81.89
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $161.82
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $167.01
Apex Health MCR $167.01
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $167.01
Humana TRICARE $219.75
United OptionsPPO $269.85
Cigna PPO $321.71
Centurion PRISON $362.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $395.55
Aetna NAP $439.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $439.50
Employers Health Network COMM $615.30
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $659.25
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $703.20
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $747.15
Multiplan COMM $791.10
Beech Street COMM $808.68

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $94.07 $11.95 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $165.17 $17.79 – $390.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $85.56 $11.95 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $236.04 $17.79 – $390.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $13.86 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $123.83 $11.95 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $123.83 $11.95 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $117.95 $17.85 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →