Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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.

$4.45 with Wellpoint vs $55.03 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 $4.45
Aetna NewBusiness $7.87
Aetna COMM $7.87
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.89
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.89
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.89
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.89
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.89
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.89
United VACCN $9.89
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89
United CorePayer $9.89
United HeritageSelect $9.89
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.89
Bright Health HIX $9.89
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.89
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.89
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.99
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.99
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.99
United MGMCR $10.09
BCBS MCR $10.19
Zing MGMCR $10.19
WellCare MCR $10.19
Ambetter Select $10.29
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.38
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.38
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.38
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.38
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.38
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.38
Signature Advantage MCR $10.48
Ambetter CORE $10.68
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.88
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.37
BCBS NetworkP $13.48
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.54
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.54
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87
Cigna OAP $20.29
Oscar HIX $29.67
BCBS TENNCARE $30.46
BCBS COVERKIDS $32.94
Humana BroadNetwork $39.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $39.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $39.56
Humana HumanaChoice $39.56
BCBS BlueCare $55.03

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $89.33 $3.56 – $38.38
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $8.78 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.56 $8.60 – $19.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $8.78 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.40 $4.95 – $21.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38

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