Contrast baths charges 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.

$9.55 with Wellpoint vs $390.40 with Prime Health — 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 $9.55
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.27
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.27
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.27
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.27
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.27
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.27
United VACCN $13.27
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.27
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.27
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $13.27
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.40
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.40
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.40
United MGMCR $13.54
Zing MGMCR $13.67
WellCare MCR $13.67
BCBS MCR $13.67
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.93
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.93
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.93
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.93
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.93
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.93
Signature Advantage MCR $14.07
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.60
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.26
BCBS TENNCARE $17.35
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.77
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.11
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.51
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.51
BCBS NetworkP $27.84
BCBS BlueCare $29.16
Bright Health HIX $75.42
Oscar HIX $81.19
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $81.67
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $84.29
Apex Health MCR $84.29
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $84.29
Ambetter CORE $98.93
Ambetter Select $102.92
Bright Health SmallGroup $106.47
Humana TRICARE $110.91
Cigna NewBusiness $111.80
Cigna OAP $126.88
United OptionsPPO $131.76
Cigna PPO $144.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $199.64
Aetna NAP $221.82
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $221.82
Multiplan COMM $257.31
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00
Employers Health Network COMM $310.55
Aetna COMM $326.00
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $332.73
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $377.09
Beech Street COMM $390.40
Prime Health COMMPPO $390.40

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Contrast baths charges at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $40.50 $10.09 – $39.19
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $90.28 $15.02 – $213.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $47.61 $9.40 – $10.09
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $129.02 $15.02 – $213.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.40 $11.70 – $35.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.54 $10.09 – $39.19
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.54 $10.09 – $39.19
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $40.50 $11.49 – $39.19

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →