Assay of somatostatin 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.

$8.23 with Wellpoint vs $191.81 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 $8.23
Aetna NewBusiness $14.53
Aetna COMM $14.53
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.28
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.28
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.28
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.28
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.28
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.28
United VACCN $18.28
United AllPayerAppendix $18.28
United CorePayer $18.28
United HeritageSelect $18.28
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.28
Bright Health HIX $18.28
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.28
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.28
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.46
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.46
United MGMCR $18.65
BCBS MCR $18.83
Zing MGMCR $18.83
WellCare MCR $18.83
Ambetter Select $19.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.19
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.19
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.19
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.19
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.19
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.19
Signature Advantage MCR $19.38
Ambetter CORE $19.74
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.11
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.02
BCBS NetworkP $24.94
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.87
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.87
Cigna NewBusiness $32.87
Cigna OAP $37.34
Oscar HIX $54.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $73.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $73.12
Humana HumanaChoice $73.12
Humana BroadNetwork $73.12
BCBS TENNCARE $106.19
BCBS COVERKIDS $114.82
BCBS BlueCare $191.81

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Assay of somatostatin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $21.75 $9.14 – $39.85
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.16 $12.95 – $40.42
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $21.75 $8.23 – $39.85
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $21.75 $9.14 – $43.87
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $21.75 $9.14 – $39.85
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $21.75 $9.14 – $43.87
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $187.53 $17.37 – $36.56
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $21.75 $9.14 – $43.87

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →