Bundled special stain group 2 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.

$4.85 with BCBS vs $158.52 with Prime Health — 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 TENNCARE $4.85
BCBS COVERKIDS $5.25
BCBS BlueCare $8.15
Bright Health HIX $30.62
Oscar HIX $32.97
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $33.16
United CorePayer $33.84
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
United HeritageSelect $33.84
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $34.23
Apex Health MCR $34.23
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $34.23
Ambetter CORE $40.17
Ambetter Select $41.79
Bright Health SmallGroup $43.23
Humana TRICARE $45.03
Humana BroadNetwork $46.24
Humana HumanaChoice $46.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $46.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $46.24
BCBS NetworkP $48.12
United OptionsPPO $53.50
Aetna COMM $58.40
Aetna NewBusiness $58.40
Cigna PPO $58.73
Centurion PRISON $74.22
United GlobalBenefitPlan $81.06
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $90.07
Aetna NAP $90.07
Multiplan COMM $104.48
Cigna NewBusiness $121.47
Employers Health Network COMM $126.10
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $135.10
Cigna OAP $137.95
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $153.12
Beech Street COMM $158.52
Prime Health COMMPPO $158.52

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $92.65 $4.20 – $219.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $103.96 $2.82 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $132.40 $4.20 – $219.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $70.65 $9.24 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $30.56 $4.21 – $185.76

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