Assay of osteocalcin 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.

$13.43 with Wellpoint vs $119.40 with Humana — 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 $13.43
Aetna NewBusiness $23.73
Aetna COMM $23.73
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.85
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.85
HealthSpring DualEligible $29.85
HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.85
HealthSpring MCRPOS $29.85
HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.85
United VACCN $29.85
United AllPayerAppendix $29.85
United CorePayer $29.85
United HeritageSelect $29.85
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.85
Bright Health HIX $29.85
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.85
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $29.85
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.15
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.15
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.15
United MGMCR $30.45
BCBS MCR $30.75
Zing MGMCR $30.75
WellCare MCR $30.75
Ambetter Select $31.04
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $31.34
Evergreen HMO MCR $31.34
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $31.34
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $31.34
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $31.34
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $31.34
Signature Advantage MCR $31.64
Ambetter CORE $32.24
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.84
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.33
BCBS TENNCARE $36.34
BCBS NetworkP $38.85
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.98
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.88
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $43.88
Cigna NewBusiness $53.05
Cigna OAP $60.25
BCBS BlueCare $65.63
Oscar HIX $89.55
Humana HumanaChoice $119.40
Humana BroadNetwork $119.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $119.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $119.40

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Assay of osteocalcin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $49.44 $26.52 – $116.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $70.65 $26.52 – $116.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $30.13 $21.14 – $65.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $30.60 $13.43 – $65.07
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →