Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

$8.76

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.

$8.76

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.

$1.00 with Cigna vs $8.06 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
Cigna NewBusiness $1.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $1.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1.31 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1.31 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1.31 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1.61 ↓ -82%
BCBS NetworkP $2.01 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $2.03 ↓ -77%
United HeritageSelect $2.04 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.04 ↓ -77%
United CorePayer $2.04 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $2.19 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $2.69 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $3.21 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $3.61 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.94 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.38 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4.38 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $6.13 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $6.57 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $7.01 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $7.45 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $7.88 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $8.06 ↓ -8%

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.98 $0.86 – $140.80
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $23.28 $1.00 – $2.04
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $1.00 – $2.04
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1.00 – $2.04
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $1.00 – $2.04
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $1.00 – $2.04
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $1.00 – $2.04
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $0.82 – $0.89

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