Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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.

$6.46 with Wellpoint vs $69.27 with BCBS — 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 $6.46
Aetna NewBusiness $11.41
Aetna COMM $11.41
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.35
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.35
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.35
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.35
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.35
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.35
United VACCN $14.35
United AllPayerAppendix $14.35
United CorePayer $14.35
United HeritageSelect $14.35
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.35
Bright Health HIX $14.35
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.35
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.35
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.49
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.49
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.49
United MGMCR $14.64
BCBS MCR $14.78
Zing MGMCR $14.78
WellCare MCR $14.78
Ambetter Select $14.92
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.07
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.07
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.07
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.07
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.07
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.07
Signature Advantage MCR $15.21
Ambetter CORE $15.50
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.79
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.50
BCBS NetworkP $19.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.66
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.09
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.09
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37
Cigna OAP $28.81
BCBS TENNCARE $38.35
BCBS COVERKIDS $41.47
Oscar HIX $43.05
Humana BroadNetwork $57.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.40
Humana HumanaChoice $57.40
BCBS BlueCare $69.27

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $60.74 $5.17 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.98 $12.74 – $56.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $30.13 $12.48 – $28.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $34.27 $12.74 – $56.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.20 $7.18 – $31.28
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →