Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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.

$8.53 with Wellpoint vs $590.00 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 $8.53
Aetna NewBusiness $15.07
Aetna COMM $15.07
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.96
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.96
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.96
Bright Health HIX $18.96
HealthSpring DualEligible $18.96
HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.96
HealthSpring MCRPOS $18.96
HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.96
United CorePayer $18.96
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $18.96
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.96
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.96
United VACCN $18.96
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96
United HeritageSelect $18.96
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.15
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.15
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.15
United MGMCR $19.34
Zing MGMCR $19.53
WellCare MCR $19.53
BCBS MCR $19.53
Ambetter Select $19.72
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.91
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.91
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.91
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.91
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.91
Signature Advantage MCR $20.10
Ambetter CORE $20.47
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.86
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.80
BCBS NetworkP $25.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $27.30
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.87
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.87
Cigna NewBusiness $34.03
Cigna OAP $38.65
BCBS TENNCARE $45.56
BCBS COVERKIDS $49.27
Oscar HIX $56.88
Humana HumanaChoice $75.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $75.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $75.84
Humana BroadNetwork $75.84
BCBS BlueCare $76.56
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $123.43
Apex Health MCR $127.39
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $127.39
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $127.39
Humana TRICARE $167.62
United OptionsPPO $199.13
Cigna PPO $218.57
Centurion PRISON $276.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $301.71
Aetna NAP $335.23
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $335.23
Multiplan COMM $388.87
Employers Health Network COMM $469.32
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $502.85
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $569.89
Prime Health COMMPPO $590.00
Beech Street COMM $590.00

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $67.25 $6.83 – $73.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $147.71 $16.85 – $349.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.48 $16.50 – $37.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $211.08 $16.85 – $349.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.30 $9.48 – $41.33
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $63.50 $13.31 – $73.36

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