Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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.

$6.03 with Wellpoint vs $704.59 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.03
Aetna COMM $10.64
Aetna NewBusiness $10.64
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.39
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.39
Bright Health HIX $13.39
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.39
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.39
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.39
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.39
United HeritageSelect $13.39
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.39
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.39
United VACCN $13.39
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39
United CorePayer $13.39
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.52
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.52
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.52
United MGMCR $13.66
BCBS MCR $13.79
WellCare MCR $13.79
Zing MGMCR $13.79
Ambetter Select $13.93
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.06
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.06
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.06
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.06
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.06
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.06
Signature Advantage MCR $14.19
Ambetter CORE $14.46
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.73
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.40
BCBS NetworkP $18.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.28
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.68
Cigna NewBusiness $23.64
Cigna OAP $26.85
Oscar HIX $40.17
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $53.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $53.56
Humana HumanaChoice $53.56
Humana BroadNetwork $53.56
BCBS TENNCARE $58.26
BCBS COVERKIDS $62.99
BCBS BlueCare $105.22
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $140.99
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $145.51
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $145.51
Apex Health MCR $145.51
Humana TRICARE $191.47
United OptionsPPO $235.12
Cigna PPO $280.30
Centurion PRISON $315.53
United GlobalBenefitPlan $344.64
Aetna NAP $382.93
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $382.93
Employers Health Network COMM $536.10
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $574.39
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $612.69
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $650.98
Multiplan COMM $689.27
Beech Street COMM $704.59

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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $101.43 $4.82 – $51.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.57 $11.89 – $58.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.00 $11.65 – $26.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $35.11 $11.89 – $58.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.40 $6.70 – $29.19
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $101.43 $9.40 – $51.92
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $101.43 $9.40 – $54.62
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $101.43 $9.40 – $69.18

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