Blood gases ph venous 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.

$2.78 with BCBS vs $541.83 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 $2.78
Wellpoint MGMCD $4.95
BCBS TENNCARE $5.81
BCBS COVERKIDS $6.29
Aetna COMM $8.75
Aetna NewBusiness $8.75
BCBS BlueCare $9.77
HealthSpring MCRPOS $11.00
HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.00
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $11.00
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.00
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.00
HealthSpring DualEligible $11.00
HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.00
United VACCN $11.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11.00
Bright Health HIX $11.00
United CorePayer $11.00
United HeritageSelect $11.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.11
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.11
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.11
United MGMCR $11.22
WellCare MCR $11.33
BCBS MCR $11.33
Zing MGMCR $11.33
Ambetter Select $11.44
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.55
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.55
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.55
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.55
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.55
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.55
Signature Advantage MCR $11.66
Ambetter CORE $11.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.10
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.17
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.17
Cigna NewBusiness $19.60
Cigna OAP $22.26
Oscar HIX $33.00
Humana BroadNetwork $44.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $44.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $44.00
Humana HumanaChoice $44.00
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $113.35
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $116.99
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $116.99
Apex Health MCR $116.99
Humana TRICARE $153.93
United OptionsPPO $182.87
Cigna PPO $200.72
Centurion PRISON $253.68
United GlobalBenefitPlan $277.07
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $307.86
Aetna NAP $307.86
Multiplan COMM $357.12
Employers Health Network COMM $431.00
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $461.79
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $523.36
Prime Health COMMPPO $541.83
Beech Street COMM $541.83

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Blood gases ph venous at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13.92 $4.89 – $32.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $7.36 $3.38 – $22.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $19.89 $4.89 – $32.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.60 $3.92 – $23.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01

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