Chromatography 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

$557.55

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.

$557.55

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.

$8.13 with Wellpoint vs $512.95 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 $8.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $14.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.36 ↓ -97%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.06 ↓ -97%
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.06 ↓ -97%
Bright Health HIX $18.06 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.06 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.06 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $18.06 ↓ -97%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.06 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $18.06 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $18.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.24 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $18.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCR $18.60 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $18.60 ↓ -97%
Zing MGMCR $18.60 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Select $18.79 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.96 ↓ -97%
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.96 ↓ -97%
Signature Advantage MCR $19.14 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CORE $19.51 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.87 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $24.63 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.01 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.55 ↓ -95%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.55 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.30 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $36.68 ↓ -93%
BCBS TENNCARE $50.38 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $54.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS COVERKIDS $54.48 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $72.24 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $72.24 ↓ -87%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $72.24 ↓ -87%
Humana BroadNetwork $72.24 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueCare $91.01 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $102.64 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $105.93 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $105.93 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $105.93 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $139.39 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $171.17 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $204.06 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $229.71 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $250.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $278.77 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $278.77 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $390.29 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $418.16 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $446.04 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $473.92 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $501.79 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $512.95 ↓ -8%

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Chromatography at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.81 $6.50 – $69.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.68 $7.55 – $50.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $33.84 $7.55 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $6.24 – $39.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $86.81 $16.25 – $69.98

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