Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER

2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$186.36 with BCBS vs $2,725.54 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

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
BCBS TENNCARE $186.36 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $201.53 —
BCBS BlueCare $313.13 —
BCBS NetworkP $390.11 —
Bright Health HIX $526.53 —
Oscar HIX $566.79 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $570.20 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $588.47 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $588.47 —
Apex Health MCR $588.47 —
Cigna NewBusiness $678.22 —
Ambetter CORE $690.68 —
Ambetter Select $718.55 —
Bright Health SmallGroup $743.33 —
Cigna OAP $762.33 —
Humana TRICARE $774.30 —
United OptionsPPO $895.09 —
Cigna PPO $1,009.69 —
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 —
Centurion PRISON $1,276.05 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,393.74 —
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 —
Aetna NAP $1,548.61 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,548.61 —
Multiplan COMM $1,796.38 —
Employers Health Network COMM $2,168.05 —
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,322.91 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,632.63 —
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,725.54 —
Beech Street COMM $2,725.54 —

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $523.35 $108.35 – $601.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $525.40 $132.73 – $1,242.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $750.83 $132.73 – $1,242.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $344.25 $125.69 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $523.35 $76.07 – $601.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $523.35 $76.07 – $601.58
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $523.35 $76.07 – $601.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $523.35 $108.35 – $601.58

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →