Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med 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.

$107.70 with Wellpoint vs $219.90 with NovaNET — 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 $107.70
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $149.59
HealthSpring DualEligible $149.59
HealthSpring MCRHMO $149.59
HealthSpring MCRPOS $149.59
HealthSpring MCRPPO $149.59
Devoted Health Plan MCR $149.59
United VACCN $149.59
Amerigroup MGMCR $149.59
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $149.59
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $149.59
Aetna MGMCRPPO $151.09
Aetna MGMCRHMO $151.09
Aetna MGMCRSNP $151.09
United MGMCR $152.58
WellCare MCR $154.08
Zing MGMCR $154.08
BCBS MCR $154.08
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $157.07
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $157.07
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $157.07
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $157.07
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $157.07
Evergreen HMO MCR $157.07
Signature Advantage MCR $158.57
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $164.55
Bright Health MCRNarrow $172.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $215.41
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $219.90
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $219.90

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Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $443.03 $74.47 – $1,329.07
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $487.33 $149.59 – $1,329.07
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $149.59 – $219.90
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $145.10 – $219.90
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $134.63 – $219.90
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $107.70 – $219.90
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $134.63 – $219.90
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $134.63 – $219.90

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