Platelet 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

$396.23

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.

$396.23

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.

$2.02 with Wellpoint vs $364.53 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 $2.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $3.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.56 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.48 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $4.48 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.48 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.48 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $4.48 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $4.48 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $4.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.52 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $4.66 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.70 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $4.84 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $6.11 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.45 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.59 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $7.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $9.18 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $13.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $14.02 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $17.92 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.92 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.92 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $17.92 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $72.95 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $75.28 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $75.28 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $75.28 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $99.06 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $121.64 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $145.02 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $163.25 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $178.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $198.12 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $198.12 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $277.36 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $297.17 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $316.98 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $336.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $356.61 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $364.53 ↓ -8%

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Platelet automated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.42 $1.61 – $16.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $76.96 $3.98 – $182.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $22.31 $3.90 – $8.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $109.98 $3.98 – $182.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.65 $2.24 – $9.77
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95

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