Above knee flex cover system 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.

$825.51 with Wellpoint vs $1,685.41 with NovaNET — 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 $825.51
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,146.54
HealthSpring DualEligible $1,146.54
HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,146.54
HealthSpring MCRPOS $1,146.54
HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,146.54
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,146.54
United VACCN $1,146.54
Amerigroup MGMCR $1,146.54
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $1,146.54
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $1,146.54
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,158.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,158.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,158.01
United MGMCR $1,169.47
WellCare MCR $1,180.94
Zing MGMCR $1,180.94
BCBS MCR $1,180.94
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,203.87
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,203.87
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,203.87
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,203.87
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,203.87
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,203.87
Signature Advantage MCR $1,215.33
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,261.19
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,318.52
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,651.02
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,685.41
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,685.41

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Above knee flex cover system at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $1,146.54 – $1,685.41
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1,112.14 – $1,685.41
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $1,031.89 – $1,685.41
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $825.51 – $1,685.41
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $1,031.89 – $1,685.41
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $1,031.89 – $1,685.41
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $549.26 – $1,203.87
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $1,146.54 – $1,203.87

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