Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER
2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345
$1,823.61
Cash price 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.
$1,823.61
Gross charge 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.
$102.48 with Humana vs $1,604.78 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | BroadNetwork | $102.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $102.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $102.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $102.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $154.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $167.13 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $258.47 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $265.36 | ↓ -85% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $335.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $346.49 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $346.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $346.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | COMM | $432.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $432.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $455.90 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $541.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $594.50 | ↓ -67% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $611.66 | ↓ -66% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $611.66 | ↓ -66% |
| United | CorePayer | $611.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $751.33 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $820.62 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $842.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NAP | $911.80 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $911.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | OAP | $957.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $1,057.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,276.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $1,367.71 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $1,550.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $1,604.78 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $1,604.78 | ↓ -12% |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $691.43 | $97.17 – $818.65 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $301.63 | $144.62 – $713.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $431.04 | $144.62 – $713.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $112.72 – $1,154.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $691.23 | $97.17 – $818.65 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $452.25 | $86.63 – $1,252.56 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $452.25 | $112.72 – $1,236.21 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $137.01 – $1,252.56 |