Bundled special stain group 2 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

$158.00

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.

$158.00

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.

$4.51 with BCBS vs $145.36 with Beech Street — 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
BCBS TENNCARE $4.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $4.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $8.15 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $26.86 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $28.91 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $29.09 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $30.02 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $30.02 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $30.02 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -79%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $35.23 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $36.66 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $37.92 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $39.50 ↓ -75%
Humana BroadNetwork $46.24 ↓ -71%
Humana HumanaChoice $46.24 ↓ -71%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $46.24 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $46.24 ↓ -71%
BCBS NetworkP $48.12 ↓ -70%
United OptionsPPO $48.51 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $57.83 ↓ -63%
Aetna COMM $58.40 ↓ -63%
Aetna NewBusiness $58.40 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $65.10 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $71.10 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $79.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $79.00 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $110.60 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $118.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna NewBusiness $121.47 ↓ -23%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $126.40 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $134.30 ↓ -15%
Cigna OAP $137.95 ↓ -13%
Multiplan COMM $142.20 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $145.36 ↓ -8%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $92.65 $4.20 – $219.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $103.96 $2.82 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $132.40 $4.20 – $219.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $70.65 $9.24 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $30.56 $4.21 – $185.76

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