X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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.

$23.82 with BCBS vs $1,268.68 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

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 $23.82
BCBS TENNCARE $28.31
BCBS COVERKIDS $30.61
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $50.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $50.40
Humana BroadNetwork $50.40
Humana HumanaChoice $50.40
BCBS BlueCare $50.89
Aetna NewBusiness $56.70
Aetna COMM $56.70
Cigna NewBusiness $93.44
Cigna OAP $106.13
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $253.87
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $262.01
Apex Health MCR $262.01
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $262.01
Humana TRICARE $344.75
United OptionsPPO $423.35
Cigna PPO $504.71
Centurion PRISON $568.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $620.55
Aetna NAP $689.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $689.50
Employers Health Network COMM $965.30
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,034.25
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,103.20
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,172.15
Multiplan COMM $1,241.10
Beech Street COMM $1,268.68

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $111.00 $19.13 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $354.91 $28.47 – $839.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $173.65 $19.13 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $507.18 $28.47 – $839.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $22.19 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $216.24 $19.13 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $216.24 $19.13 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $205.92 $22.18 – $179.33

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →