Assay of feces for trypsin 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.

$4.47 with Wellpoint vs $41.99 with BCBS — 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 $4.47
Aetna COMM $7.90
Aetna NewBusiness $7.90
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.93
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.93
Bright Health HIX $9.93
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.93
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.93
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.93
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.93
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.93
United HeritageSelect $9.93
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.93
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.93
United VACCN $9.93
United AllPayerAppendix $9.93
United CorePayer $9.93
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.93
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.03
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.03
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.03
United MGMCR $10.13
Zing MGMCR $10.23
WellCare MCR $10.23
BCBS MCR $10.23
Ambetter Select $10.33
BCBS NetworkP $10.37
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.43
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.43
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.43
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.43
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.43
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.43
Signature Advantage MCR $10.53
Ambetter CORE $10.73
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.92
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.42
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.30
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.60
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.60
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87
Cigna OAP $20.29
BCBS TENNCARE $24.99
BCBS COVERKIDS $27.03
Oscar HIX $29.79
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $39.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $39.72
Humana HumanaChoice $39.72
Humana BroadNetwork $39.72
BCBS BlueCare $41.99

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Assay of feces for trypsin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.70 $4.97 – $21.65
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.51 $5.39 – $21.65
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $8.70 $3.88 – $21.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $8.70 $4.97 – $23.83
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $8.70 $4.97 – $21.65
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $8.70 $4.97 – $23.83
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $8.70 $4.97 – $23.83
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $8.70 $4.97 – $21.65

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →