Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference 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

$22.88

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.

$22.88

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.

$2.57 with Wellpoint vs $25.84 with BCBS — 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 $2.57 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $4.21 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $4.35 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $4.35 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $4.35 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMM $4.55 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.55 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.72 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5.72 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.72 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.72 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $5.72 ↓ -75%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5.72 ↓ -75%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.72 ↓ -75%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.72 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.72 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring DualEligible $5.72 ↓ -75%
United VACCN $5.72 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.72 ↓ -75%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.72 ↓ -75%
Bright Health HIX $5.72 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $5.72 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $5.72 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -75%
United MGMCR $5.83 ↓ -75%
Zing MGMCR $5.89 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCR $5.89 ↓ -74%
WellCare MCR $5.89 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Select $5.95 ↓ -74%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.01 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.01 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.01 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.01 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.01 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.01 ↓ -74%
Signature Advantage MCR $6.06 ↓ -74%
Ambetter CORE $6.18 ↓ -73%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.29 ↓ -73%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.58 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $6.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $7.46 ↓ -67%
BCBS NetworkP $7.81 ↓ -66%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.24 ↓ -64%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.41 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.41 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $9.43 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10.30 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $11.44 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $11.44 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $11.80 ↓ -48%
Multiplan COMM $13.27 ↓ -42%
BCBS TENNCARE $15.38 ↓ -33%
Employers Health Network COMM $16.02 ↓ -30%
BCBS COVERKIDS $16.63 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $17.16 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $17.16 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $19.45 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $20.13 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $20.13 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $22.88 ↑ +0%
Humana BroadNetwork $22.88 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoice $22.88 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $22.88 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueCare $25.84 ↑ +13%

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Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $102.11 $5.15 – $229.75
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $102.11 $3.81 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $102.11 $3.81 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $102.11 $3.81 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $102.11 $5.15 – $229.75
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $44.85 $2.77 – $346.58
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $44.85 $4.62 – $352.34
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $44.85 $4.49 – $352.34

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