Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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.

$8.07 with Wellpoint vs $71.72 with Humana — 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 $8.07
Aetna COMM $14.26
Aetna NewBusiness $14.26
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.93
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.93
Bright Health HIX $17.93
HealthSpring DualEligible $17.93
HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.93
HealthSpring MCRPOS $17.93
HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.93
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $17.93
United HeritageSelect $17.93
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.93
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.93
United VACCN $17.93
United AllPayerAppendix $17.93
United CorePayer $17.93
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.93
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.11
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.11
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.11
United MGMCR $18.29
Zing MGMCR $18.47
WellCare MCR $18.47
BCBS MCR $18.47
Ambetter Select $18.65
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.83
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.83
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.83
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.83
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.83
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.83
Signature Advantage MCR $19.01
Ambetter CORE $19.37
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.72
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.62
BCBS NetworkP $22.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.82
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.36
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.36
BCBS TENNCARE $30.94
Cigna NewBusiness $31.72
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.46
Cigna OAP $36.02
BCBS BlueCare $51.99
Oscar HIX $53.79
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $71.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $71.72
Humana HumanaChoice $71.72
Humana BroadNetwork $71.72

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $152.36 $6.45 – $69.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $6.52 $14.46 – $33.71
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.34 $15.60 – $35.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $9.31 $4.62 – $33.71
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.50 $8.97 – $39.09
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98

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