Ablate arrhythmia add on 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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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.

$250.00 with United vs $40,031.00 with United — 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
United TENNCARE $250.00
BCBS TENNCARE $605.92
Bright Health HIX $607.00
BCBS COVERKIDS $655.24
Bright Health SmallGroup $827.00
Oscar HIX $990.00
BCBS BlueCare $1,018.09
Apex Health MCR $7,950.00
Cigna NewBusiness $10,808.00
Cigna OAP $12,282.00
Aetna NewBusiness $25,919.00
United CorePayer $30,023.00
Aetna COMM $30,393.00
United HeritageSelect $40,031.00
United AllPayerAppendix $40,031.00
Humana BroadNetwork not published by hospital
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork not published by hospital
Humana HumanaChoiceCare not published by hospital
Humana HumanaChoice not published by hospital

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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $441.21 $352.28 – $12,715.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $496.69 $335.60 – $12,467.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $709.80 $352.38 – $12,467.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $513.90 $408.64 – $22,445.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $441.21 $352.28 – $12,715.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $513.90 $408.64 – $23,419.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $513.90 $408.64 – $22,366.80
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $513.90 $496.71 – $24,355.88

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →