Beta-2 microglobulin 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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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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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.

$7.28 with Wellpoint vs $935.16 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 $7.28
Aetna NewBusiness $12.87
Aetna COMM $12.87
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.18
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.18
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.18
Bright Health HIX $16.18
HealthSpring DualEligible $16.18
HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.18
HealthSpring MCRPOS $16.18
HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.18
United CorePayer $16.18
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $16.18
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $16.18
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.18
United VACCN $16.18
United AllPayerAppendix $16.18
United HeritageSelect $16.18
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.34
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.34
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.34
United MGMCR $16.50
Zing MGMCR $16.67
WellCare MCR $16.67
BCBS MCR $16.67
Ambetter Select $16.83
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.99
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.99
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.99
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.99
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.99
Signature Advantage MCR $17.15
Ambetter CORE $17.48
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.80
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.61
BCBS NetworkP $22.07
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.30
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.78
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $23.78
Cigna NewBusiness $28.84
Cigna OAP $32.75
BCBS TENNCARE $41.06
BCBS COVERKIDS $44.40
Oscar HIX $48.54
Humana HumanaChoice $64.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $64.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $64.72
Humana BroadNetwork $64.72
BCBS BlueCare $68.98
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $195.64
Apex Health MCR $201.91
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $201.91
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $201.91
Humana TRICARE $265.67
United OptionsPPO $315.62
Cigna PPO $346.43
Centurion PRISON $437.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $478.21
Aetna NAP $531.34
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $531.34
Multiplan COMM $616.35
Employers Health Network COMM $743.88
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $797.01
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $903.28
Prime Health COMMPPO $935.16
Beech Street COMM $935.16

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $76.91 $5.82 – $62.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.38 $14.37 – $161.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $14.08 – $32.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.72 $14.37 – $161.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.35 $8.09 – $35.27
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08

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