Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$45.75 with Cigna vs $286.97 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
Cigna NewBusiness $45.75
Aetna MGMCRSNP $48.91
Aetna MGMCRHMO $48.91
Aetna MGMCRPPO $48.91
Cigna OAP $51.96
Bright Health HIX $55.44
Oscar HIX $59.68
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $60.04
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $61.96
Apex Health MCR $61.96
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $61.96
Ambetter CORE $72.72
Ambetter Select $75.66
Bright Health SmallGroup $78.26
Humana TRICARE $81.53
Aetna NewBusiness $91.31
United OptionsPPO $96.85
Cigna PPO $106.31
Aetna COMM $107.61
Centurion PRISON $134.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $146.75
Signature Advantage MCR $163.05
Aetna NAP $163.05
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $163.05
Multiplan COMM $189.14
Employers Health Network COMM $228.27
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $244.57
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $277.19
Prime Health COMMPPO $286.97
Beech Street COMM $286.97

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.71 $33.32 – $50.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $141.79 $13.80 – $50.58
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $73.83 $10.54 – $10.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $202.62 $14.49 – $50.58
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.95 $11.50 – $13.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $105.71 $28.15 – $50.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.71 $33.83 – $50.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.71 $33.83 – $50.00

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