Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.

$226.80 with Wellpoint vs $2,016.00 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 $226.80
Aetna COMM $400.68
Aetna NewBusiness $400.68
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $504.00
BCBS NetworkP $504.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $504.00
Bright Health HIX $504.00
HealthSpring DualEligible $504.00
HealthSpring MCRHMO $504.00
HealthSpring MCRPOS $504.00
HealthSpring MCRPPO $504.00
Devoted Health Plan MCR $504.00
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $504.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $504.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $504.00
United VACCN $504.00
United AllPayerAppendix $504.00
United CorePayer $504.00
United HeritageSelect $504.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $509.04
Aetna MGMCRSNP $509.04
Aetna MGMCRHMO $509.04
United MGMCR $514.08
Zing MGMCR $519.12
WellCare MCR $519.12
BCBS MCR $519.12
Ambetter Select $524.16
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $529.20
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $529.20
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $529.20
Evergreen HMO MCR $529.20
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $529.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $529.20
Signature Advantage MCR $534.24
Ambetter CORE $544.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $554.40
Bright Health MCRNarrow $579.60
BCBS TENNCARE $704.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $725.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $740.88
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $740.88
BCBS COVERKIDS $761.61
Cigna NewBusiness $898.58
Cigna OAP $1,020.50
BCBS BlueCare $1,183.37
Oscar HIX $1,512.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $2,016.00
Humana BroadNetwork $2,016.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $2,016.00
Humana HumanaChoice $2,016.00

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $614.50 $328.99 – $1,453.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $878.15 $328.99 – $1,453.20
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $634.57 $252.00 – $1,110.82
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $646.80 $181.44 – $1,098.72
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $646.80 $252.00 – $1,209.60
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $646.80 $252.00 – $1,209.60
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $646.80 $252.00 – $1,098.72
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $181.44 – $1,580.27

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