#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.

$13.14 with Wellpoint vs $1,037.55 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 $13.14
Aetna NewBusiness $23.22
Aetna COMM $23.22
BCBS NetworkP $24.55
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.21
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.21
Bright Health HIX $29.21
HealthSpring DualEligible $29.21
HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.21
HealthSpring MCRPOS $29.21
HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.21
United HeritageSelect $29.21
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $29.21
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $29.21
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.21
United VACCN $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.21
United CorePayer $29.21
Aetna MGMCRSNP $29.50
Aetna MGMCRHMO $29.50
Aetna MGMCRPPO $29.50
United MGMCR $29.79
WellCare MCR $30.09
BCBS MCR $30.09
Zing MGMCR $30.09
Ambetter Select $30.38
Evergreen HMO MCR $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $30.67
Signature Advantage MCR $30.96
Ambetter CORE $31.54
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.13
Bright Health MCRNarrow $33.59
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.06
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $42.94
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $42.94
BCBS TENNCARE $43.40
BCBS COVERKIDS $46.93
Cigna NewBusiness $51.90
Cigna OAP $58.94
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88
BCBS BlueCare $72.91
Oscar HIX $87.63
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $217.06
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $224.02
Apex Health MCR $224.02
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $224.02
Humana TRICARE $294.76
United OptionsPPO $350.17
Cigna PPO $384.36
Centurion PRISON $485.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $530.56
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $589.51
Aetna NAP $589.51
Multiplan COMM $683.84
Employers Health Network COMM $825.32
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $884.27
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,002.18
Beech Street COMM $1,037.55
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,037.55

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $96.96 $10.52 – $91.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $314.95 $15.99 – $171.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $450.08 $15.99 – $171.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $14.61 – $63.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $96.96 $22.59 – $91.42

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