Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

$88.55 with BCBS vs $2,298.70 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
BCBS TENNCARE $88.55
BCBS NetworkP $89.41
BCBS COVERKIDS $95.79
BCBS BlueCare $148.14
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $150.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $150.64
Humana HumanaChoice $150.64
Humana BroadNetwork $150.64
United HeritageSelect $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
Aetna COMM $164.86
Aetna NewBusiness $164.86
Cigna NewBusiness $246.60
Cigna OAP $280.10
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $480.90
Apex Health MCR $496.31
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $496.31
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $496.31
Humana TRICARE $653.04
United OptionsPPO $775.81
Cigna PPO $851.56
Centurion PRISON $1,076.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,175.47
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,306.08
Aetna NAP $1,306.08
Multiplan COMM $1,515.05
Employers Health Network COMM $1,828.51
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,959.12
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,220.34
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,298.70
Beech Street COMM $2,298.70

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $226.31 $55.69 – $218.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $625.16 $82.88 – $1,478.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $288.19 $55.69 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $893.38 $82.88 – $1,478.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $64.60 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $469.01 $47.68 – $218.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $469.01 $47.68 – $218.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $446.66 $47.68 – $218.95

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →