Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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.

$2.23 with Wellpoint vs $210.70 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.23
Aetna NewBusiness $3.93
Aetna COMM $3.93
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.95
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.95
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.95
Bright Health HIX $4.95
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.95
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.95
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.95
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.95
United CorePayer $4.95
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.95
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.95
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.95
United VACCN $4.95
United AllPayerAppendix $4.95
United HeritageSelect $4.95
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.00
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.00
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.00
United MGMCR $5.05
Zing MGMCR $5.10
WellCare MCR $5.10
BCBS MCR $5.10
Ambetter Select $5.15
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.20
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.20
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.20
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.20
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.20
Signature Advantage MCR $5.25
Ambetter CORE $5.34
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.45
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.69
BCBS NetworkP $6.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.28
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.28
Cigna NewBusiness $8.66
Cigna OAP $9.83
Oscar HIX $14.85
BCBS TENNCARE $15.88
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.17
Humana HumanaChoice $19.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $19.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $19.80
Humana BroadNetwork $19.80
BCBS BlueCare $26.67
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $44.08
Apex Health MCR $45.49
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $45.49
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $45.49
Humana TRICARE $59.86
United OptionsPPO $71.11
Cigna PPO $78.05
Centurion PRISON $98.65
United GlobalBenefitPlan $107.74
Aetna NAP $119.72
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $119.72
Multiplan COMM $138.87
Employers Health Network COMM $167.60
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $179.57
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $203.52
Prime Health COMMPPO $210.70
Beech Street COMM $210.70

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $27.45 $1.78 – $19.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $61.87 $3.62 – $146.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $29.90 $4.31 – $9.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $88.41 $3.62 – $146.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.70 $2.48 – $10.79
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.45 $3.47 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.45 $3.47 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $27.45 $3.47 – $19.17

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