Artery x-rays lungs 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

$9,500.00

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.

$9,500.00

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.

$94.44 with BCBS vs $8,360.00 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
BCBS NetworkP $94.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $211.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $211.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $227.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $258.28 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $265.60 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $265.60 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $265.60 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $265.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $567.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $613.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $949.01 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,748.95 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,805.00 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $1,805.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,805.00 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $2,375.00 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $2,821.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $3,097.00 ↓ -67%
United CorePayer $3,365.20 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,365.20 ↓ -65%
United HeritageSelect $3,365.20 ↓ -65%
Centurion PRISON $3,914.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,275.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $4,750.00 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $4,750.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $5,510.00 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $6,650.00 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $7,125.00 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $8,075.00 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $8,360.00 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $8,360.00 ↓ -12%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $946.82 $113.72 – $4,434.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,609.06 $161.36 – $3,805.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,299.43 $161.36 – $3,805.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,357.80 $134.80 – $6,423.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $946.82 $113.72 – $4,434.05
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,357.80 $134.80 – $6,423.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,357.80 $134.80 – $7,188.84
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $1,357.80 $134.80 – $6,249.69

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