Prealbumin 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

$539.90

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.

$539.90

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.

$6.57 with Wellpoint vs $496.71 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 $6.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $11.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.60 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.59 ↓ -97%
Bright Health HIX $14.59 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.59 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.59 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.59 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.59 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $14.59 ↓ -97%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.59 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $14.59 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $14.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.74 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $14.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCR $15.03 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $15.03 ↓ -97%
Zing MGMCR $15.03 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Select $15.17 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.32 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.32 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.32 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.32 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.32 ↓ -97%
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.32 ↓ -97%
Signature Advantage MCR $15.47 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CORE $15.76 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.05 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $17.14 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.01 ↓ -96%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.45 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.45 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $21.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $29.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $39.48 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $43.77 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.36 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoice $58.36 ↓ -89%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.36 ↓ -89%
Humana BroadNetwork $58.36 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $99.40 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $102.58 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $102.58 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $102.58 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $134.97 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $165.75 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $197.60 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $222.44 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $242.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $269.95 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $269.95 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $377.93 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $404.93 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $431.92 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $458.92 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $485.91 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $496.71 ↓ -8%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $92.39 $5.25 – $56.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $37.30 $12.95 – $88.20
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CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $53.30 $12.95 – $88.20
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Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $92.39 $10.23 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $92.39 $10.23 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $92.39 $10.23 – $56.45

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