Aluminum - quest 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.

$11.47 with Wellpoint vs $635.50 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 $11.47
Aetna NewBusiness $20.26
Aetna COMM $20.26
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $25.48
Devoted Health Plan MCR $25.48
Bright Health SmallGroup $25.48
Bright Health HIX $25.48
HealthSpring DualEligible $25.48
HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.48
HealthSpring MCRPOS $25.48
HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.48
United CorePayer $25.48
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $25.48
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $25.48
Amerigroup MGMCR $25.48
United VACCN $25.48
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48
United HeritageSelect $25.48
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.73
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.73
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.73
United MGMCR $25.99
Zing MGMCR $26.24
WellCare MCR $26.24
BCBS MCR $26.24
Ambetter Select $26.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $26.75
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $26.75
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $26.75
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $26.75
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $26.75
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $26.75
Signature Advantage MCR $27.01
Ambetter CORE $27.52
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $28.03
BCBS NetworkP $28.19
Bright Health MCRNarrow $29.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $36.69
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $37.46
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.46
Cigna NewBusiness $45.57
Cigna OAP $51.75
BCBS TENNCARE $58.67
BCBS COVERKIDS $63.44
Oscar HIX $76.44
BCBS BlueCare $98.58
Humana HumanaChoice $101.92
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $101.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $101.92
Humana BroadNetwork $101.92
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $132.95
Apex Health MCR $137.21
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $137.21
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $137.21
Humana TRICARE $180.54
United OptionsPPO $214.48
Cigna PPO $235.42
Centurion PRISON $297.53
United GlobalBenefitPlan $324.97
Aetna NAP $361.08
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $361.08
Multiplan COMM $418.85
Employers Health Network COMM $505.51
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $541.62
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $613.84
Prime Health COMMPPO $635.50
Beech Street COMM $635.50

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Aluminum - quest at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.56 $9.17 – $98.21
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $37.60 $21.20 – $88.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $53.73 $21.20 – $88.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $42.30 $12.72 – $55.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $75.56 $17.86 – $98.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $75.56 $17.86 – $98.21
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $75.56 $17.86 – $98.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $75.56 $22.93 – $98.21

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