Application finger splntstatic 29130 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.

$83.82 with BCBS vs $22,403.00 with United — 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
BCBS NetworkP $83.82
Bright Health HIX $136.94
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $148.29
Ambetter CORE $179.63
Ambetter Select $186.88
Bright Health SmallGroup $193.32
Humana TRICARE $201.38
Cigna NewBusiness $202.99
Aetna NewBusiness $225.54
Cigna OAP $230.38
United OptionsPPO $239.24
United TENNCARE $250.00
Cigna PPO $262.60
Aetna COMM $265.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $362.48
Aetna NAP $402.75
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $402.75
Multiplan COMM $467.20
Employers Health Network COMM $563.86
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $604.13
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $684.68
Beech Street COMM $708.85
Prime Health COMMPPO $708.85
BCBS TENNCARE $850.21
BCBS COVERKIDS $921.29
Oscar HIX $990.00
BCBS BlueCare $990.00
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,550.00
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,550.00
Apex Health MCR $2,550.00
Humana HumanaChoice $2,569.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $2,569.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $2,569.00
Humana BroadNetwork $2,569.00
United HeritageSelect $3,637.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,637.00
United CorePayer $22,403.00

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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $16.10 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $97.98 $102.40 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $16.10 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $51.60 $12.55 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $50.83 $12.55 – $147.76

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