Gastrin 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$7.96 with Wellpoint vs $100.46 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint MGMCD $7.96
Aetna NewBusiness $14.07
Aetna COMM $14.07
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.69
HealthSpring DualEligible $17.69
HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.69
HealthSpring MCRPOS $17.69
HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.69
United VACCN $17.69
United AllPayerAppendix $17.69
United CorePayer $17.69
United HeritageSelect $17.69
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.69
Bright Health HIX $17.69
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.69
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.69
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.87
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.87
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.87
United MGMCR $18.04
BCBS MCR $18.22
Zing MGMCR $18.22
WellCare MCR $18.22
Ambetter Select $18.39
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.57
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.57
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.57
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.57
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.57
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.57
Signature Advantage MCR $18.75
Ambetter CORE $19.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.46
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.34
BCBS NetworkP $24.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.47
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.00
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.00
Cigna NewBusiness $31.72
Cigna OAP $36.02
Oscar HIX $53.07
BCBS TENNCARE $55.62
BCBS COVERKIDS $60.13
Humana BroadNetwork $70.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $70.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $70.76
Humana HumanaChoice $70.76
BCBS BlueCare $100.46

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Gastrin test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $30.36 $12.53 – $38.98
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $30.90 $7.96 – $38.56
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $30.90 $8.85 – $42.46
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $30.90 $8.85 – $42.46
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $30.90 $8.85 – $38.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.37 – $68.87
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $12.40 – $68.87
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $12.40 – $68.87

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →