C-peptide 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.

$9.36 with Wellpoint vs $1,065.62 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 $9.36
Aetna NewBusiness $16.55
Aetna COMM $16.55
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.81
Devoted Health Plan MCR $20.81
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.81
Bright Health HIX $20.81
HealthSpring DualEligible $20.81
HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.81
HealthSpring MCRPOS $20.81
HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.81
United CorePayer $20.81
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $20.81
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $20.81
Amerigroup MGMCR $20.81
United VACCN $20.81
United AllPayerAppendix $20.81
United HeritageSelect $20.81
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.02
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.02
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.02
United MGMCR $21.23
Zing MGMCR $21.43
WellCare MCR $21.43
BCBS MCR $21.43
Ambetter Select $21.64
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.85
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.85
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.85
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.85
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.85
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.85
Signature Advantage MCR $22.06
Ambetter CORE $22.48
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.89
Bright Health MCRNarrow $23.93
BCBS NetworkP $28.39
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.97
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $30.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $30.59
Cigna NewBusiness $36.91
Cigna OAP $41.92
Oscar HIX $62.43
BCBS TENNCARE $68.39
BCBS COVERKIDS $73.95
Humana HumanaChoice $83.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $83.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $83.24
Humana BroadNetwork $83.24
BCBS BlueCare $114.91
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $222.93
Apex Health MCR $230.08
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $230.08
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $230.08
Humana TRICARE $302.73
United OptionsPPO $359.65
Cigna PPO $394.76
Centurion PRISON $498.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $544.92
Aetna NAP $605.47
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $605.47
Multiplan COMM $702.34
Employers Health Network COMM $847.65
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $908.20
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,029.29
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,065.62
Beech Street COMM $1,065.62

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C-peptide at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.41 $7.49 – $80.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $42.63 $18.49 – $100.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.92 $18.10 – $41.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $60.92 $18.49 – $100.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $36.45 $10.41 – $45.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14

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