Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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.

$11.30 with Cigna vs $99.57 with Prime Health — 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
Cigna NewBusiness $11.30
Cigna OAP $12.85
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.97
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.97
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.97
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $20.83
United CorePayer $22.42
United AllPayerAppendix $22.42
United HeritageSelect $22.42
BCBS NetworkP $26.02
Ambetter Select $26.25
Humana TRICARE $28.29
United OptionsPPO $33.61
Cigna PPO $36.89
Centurion PRISON $46.62
United GlobalBenefitPlan $50.92
Signature Advantage MCR $56.58
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $56.58
Multiplan COMM $65.63
Employers Health Network COMM $79.20
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $84.86
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $96.18
Beech Street COMM $99.57
Prime Health COMMPPO $99.57

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $3.34 $0.79 – $3.91
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $4.77 $0.83 – $3.91
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.70 $0.61 – $3.38
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $5.07 $2.23 – $7.25
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $4.80 $0.84 – $5.93
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $7.02 $0.84 – $5.93
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $9.60 – $56.27
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $5.70 $2.23 – $15.81

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