Assay of galactose 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.

$5.04 with Wellpoint vs $56.47 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 $5.04
Aetna NewBusiness $8.90
Aetna COMM $8.90
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.20
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.20
HealthSpring DualEligible $11.20
HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.20
HealthSpring MCRPOS $11.20
HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.20
United VACCN $11.20
United AllPayerAppendix $11.20
United CorePayer $11.20
United HeritageSelect $11.20
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.20
Bright Health HIX $11.20
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.20
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.31
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.31
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.31
United MGMCR $11.42
BCBS MCR $11.54
Zing MGMCR $11.54
WellCare MCR $11.54
Ambetter Select $11.65
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.76
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.76
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.76
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.76
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.76
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.76
Signature Advantage MCR $11.87
Ambetter CORE $12.09
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.88
BCBS NetworkP $15.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.46
Cigna NewBusiness $20.18
Cigna OAP $22.92
BCBS TENNCARE $31.26
Oscar HIX $33.60
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.80
Humana BroadNetwork $44.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $44.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $44.80
Humana HumanaChoice $44.80
BCBS BlueCare $56.47

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Assay of galactose at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $5.29 $9.74 – $22.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.65 $5.60 – $24.42
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $39.83 $10.08 – $42.91
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $19.32 $7.93 – $24.54
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.65 $5.04 – $24.42

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