Cytopath c/v automated 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.

$14.42 with BCBS vs $202.24 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
BCBS NetworkP $14.42
BCBS TENNCARE $18.83
BCBS COVERKIDS $20.36
Wellpoint MGMCD $22.75
BCBS BlueCare $34.02
Aetna COMM $40.20
Aetna NewBusiness $40.20
Devoted Health Plan MCR $50.56
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $50.56
HealthSpring DualEligible $50.56
HealthSpring MCRHMO $50.56
HealthSpring MCRPOS $50.56
HealthSpring MCRPPO $50.56
United VACCN $50.56
United AllPayerAppendix $50.56
United CorePayer $50.56
United HeritageSelect $50.56
Amerigroup MGMCR $50.56
Bright Health HIX $50.56
Bright Health SmallGroup $50.56
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $50.56
Aetna MGMCRSNP $51.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $51.07
Aetna MGMCRHMO $51.07
United MGMCR $51.57
Zing MGMCR $52.08
BCBS MCR $52.08
WellCare MCR $52.08
Ambetter Select $52.59
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $53.09
Evergreen HMO MCR $53.09
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $53.09
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $53.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $53.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $53.09
Signature Advantage MCR $53.59
Ambetter CORE $54.61
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $55.62
Bright Health MCRNarrow $58.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $72.81
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $74.32
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $74.32
Cigna NewBusiness $89.97
Cigna OAP $102.17
Oscar HIX $151.68
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $202.24
Humana HumanaChoice $202.24
Humana BroadNetwork $202.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $202.24

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Cytopath c/v automated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $11.77 – $158.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $7.98 – $158.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $7.98 – $158.03
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $7.98 – $158.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $11.77 – $158.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $14.09 – $158.03
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $11.77 – $151.68
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $14.42 – $151.68

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