Assay malate dehydrogenase 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.

$3.32 with Wellpoint vs $41.79 with BCBS — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.32
Aetna NewBusiness $5.86
Aetna COMM $5.86
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.37
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.37
HealthSpring DualEligible $7.37
HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.37
HealthSpring MCRPOS $7.37
HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.37
United VACCN $7.37
United AllPayerAppendix $7.37
United CorePayer $7.37
United HeritageSelect $7.37
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.37
Bright Health HIX $7.37
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.37
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $7.37
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.44
United MGMCR $7.52
BCBS MCR $7.59
Zing MGMCR $7.59
WellCare MCR $7.59
Ambetter Select $7.66
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.74
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.74
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.74
Signature Advantage MCR $7.81
Ambetter CORE $7.96
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.11
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.48
BCBS NetworkP $10.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.61
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.83
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.83
Cigna NewBusiness $13.27
Cigna OAP $15.07
Oscar HIX $22.11
BCBS TENNCARE $23.14
BCBS COVERKIDS $25.02
Humana BroadNetwork $29.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $29.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $29.48
Humana HumanaChoice $29.48
BCBS BlueCare $41.79

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Assay malate dehydrogenase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.65 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $5.17 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $5.17 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $5.17 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $6.63 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $6.63 – $28.22
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $3.32 – $22.11
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $3.32 – $22.11

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