Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER
2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345
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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.
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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.
$11.13 with BCBS vs $124.39 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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| BCBS | NetworkP | $11.13 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $13.54 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $14.64 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $21.20 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $21.20 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $21.20 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $22.74 | — |
| Bright Health | HIX | $24.03 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $24.08 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.08 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $24.08 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $25.87 | — |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $26.02 | — |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $26.86 | — |
| Apex Health | MCR | $26.86 | — |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $26.86 | — |
| Ambetter | CORE | $31.52 | — |
| Ambetter | Select | $32.79 | — |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $33.92 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $35.34 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $40.64 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $40.64 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $41.98 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $43.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $46.08 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $48.86 | — |
| Centurion | PRISON | $58.24 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $63.61 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $70.67 | — |
| Aetna | NAP | $70.67 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $70.67 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $81.98 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $87.12 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $87.12 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $87.12 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $87.12 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $98.94 | — |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $106.01 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $120.15 | — |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $124.39 | — |
| Beech Street | COMM | $124.39 | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $31.71 | $7.87 – $67.27 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $66.31 | $8.87 – $156.80 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $8.74 | $7.87 – $40.39 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $94.76 | $8.87 – $156.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $14.25 | $9.13 – $126.37 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $31.71 | $5.52 – $67.27 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $31.71 | $5.52 – $67.27 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $31.71 | $5.52 – $67.27 |