Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$2,791.51

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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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$2,791.51

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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.

$55.21 with BCBS vs $2,456.53 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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 NetworkP $55.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $58.89 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $66.96 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $140.66 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $140.66 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $140.66 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $513.92 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Select $647.63 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $697.88 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $829.08 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $910.03 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,150.10 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,256.18 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,395.76 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,619.08 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,954.06 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,093.63 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,372.78 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,456.53 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,456.53 ↓ -12%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $123.36 $46.01 – $112.77
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.06 $46.18 – $106.16
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $41.70 $53.08 – $387.64
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $123.36 $31.01 – $112.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $123.36 $31.01 – $73.13
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $123.36 $46.01 – $227.80
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $174.16 $37.21 – $394.47
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $54.19 $49.30 – $420.64

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