X-ray ribs 3 views bilateral 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 (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.

$24.46 with BCBS vs $666.15 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 NetworkP $24.46
BCBS TENNCARE $33.08
BCBS COVERKIDS $35.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $54.40
Humana BroadNetwork $54.40
Humana HumanaChoice $54.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $54.40
Aetna COMM $59.07
Aetna NewBusiness $59.07
BCBS BlueCare $59.45
Cigna NewBusiness $95.57
Cigna OAP $108.55
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $133.30
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $137.58
Apex Health MCR $137.58
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $137.58
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Humana TRICARE $181.02
United OptionsPPO $222.29
Cigna PPO $265.01
Centurion PRISON $298.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $325.84
Aetna NAP $362.04
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $362.04
Employers Health Network COMM $506.86
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $543.06
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $579.26
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $615.47
Multiplan COMM $651.67
Beech Street COMM $666.15

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X-ray ribs 3 views bilateral at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $422.40 $33.26 – $998.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $141.68 $22.35 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $603.63 $33.26 – $998.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $25.93 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $151.20 $22.18 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $151.20 $22.18 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $144.00 $22.18 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $134.61 $22.35 – $179.33

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