Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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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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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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.

$7.66 with Wellpoint vs $889.02 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 $7.66
Aetna NewBusiness $13.54
Aetna COMM $13.54
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.03
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.03
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.03
Bright Health HIX $17.03
HealthSpring DualEligible $17.03
HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.03
HealthSpring MCRPOS $17.03
HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.03
United CorePayer $17.03
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $17.03
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.03
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.03
United VACCN $17.03
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03
United HeritageSelect $17.03
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.20
United MGMCR $17.37
Zing MGMCR $17.54
WellCare MCR $17.54
BCBS MCR $17.54
Ambetter Select $17.71
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.88
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.88
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.88
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.88
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.88
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.88
Signature Advantage MCR $18.05
Ambetter CORE $18.39
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.73
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.58
BCBS NetworkP $20.39
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.52
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.03
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $25.03
Cigna NewBusiness $30.57
Cigna OAP $34.71
BCBS TENNCARE $45.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $48.88
Oscar HIX $51.09
Humana HumanaChoice $68.12
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $68.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $68.12
Humana BroadNetwork $68.12
BCBS BlueCare $75.95
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $185.99
Apex Health MCR $191.95
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $191.95
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $191.95
Humana TRICARE $252.56
United OptionsPPO $300.04
Cigna PPO $329.34
Centurion PRISON $416.22
United GlobalBenefitPlan $454.61
Aetna NAP $505.13
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $505.13
Multiplan COMM $585.95
Employers Health Network COMM $707.17
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $757.69
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $858.71
Prime Health COMMPPO $889.02
Beech Street COMM $889.02

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $210.80 $6.13 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $38.19 $15.13 – $90.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $57.04 $14.82 – $34.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $54.57 $15.13 – $90.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.65 $8.52 – $37.13
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46

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