Protein analysis w/probe 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.

$11.80 with Wellpoint vs $126.99 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 $11.80
Aetna NewBusiness $20.85
Aetna COMM $20.85
Devoted Health Plan MCR $26.22
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $26.22
HealthSpring DualEligible $26.22
HealthSpring MCRHMO $26.22
HealthSpring MCRPOS $26.22
HealthSpring MCRPPO $26.22
United VACCN $26.22
United AllPayerAppendix $26.22
United CorePayer $26.22
United HeritageSelect $26.22
Amerigroup MGMCR $26.22
Bright Health HIX $26.22
Bright Health SmallGroup $26.22
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $26.22
Aetna MGMCRHMO $26.48
Aetna MGMCRSNP $26.48
Aetna MGMCRPPO $26.48
United MGMCR $26.74
BCBS MCR $27.01
Zing MGMCR $27.01
WellCare MCR $27.01
Ambetter Select $27.27
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $27.53
Evergreen HMO MCR $27.53
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $27.53
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $27.53
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $27.53
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $27.53
Signature Advantage MCR $27.79
Ambetter CORE $28.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $28.84
Bright Health MCRNarrow $30.15
BCBS NetworkP $31.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $37.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $38.54
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $38.54
Cigna NewBusiness $46.73
Cigna OAP $53.06
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88
BCBS TENNCARE $70.30
BCBS COVERKIDS $76.02
Oscar HIX $78.66
BCBS BlueCare $126.99

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Protein analysis w/probe at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $16.43 – $88.04
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $15.95 – $88.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $15.95 – $88.04
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $15.95 – $88.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $16.43 – $88.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $23.60 – $88.04
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $11.80 – $78.66
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $11.80 – $78.66

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