CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast 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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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.

$154.52 with United vs $4,002.81 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
United HeritageSelect $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
BCBS TENNCARE $212.63
BCBS COVERKIDS $230.02
Humana HumanaChoice $238.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $238.76
Humana BroadNetwork $238.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $238.76
BCBS BlueCare $355.72
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $837.41
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $864.24
Apex Health MCR $864.24
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $864.24
Humana TRICARE $1,137.16
United OptionsPPO $1,350.95
Cigna PPO $1,482.86
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,046.89
Aetna NAP $2,274.32
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,274.32
Multiplan COMM $2,638.22
Employers Health Network COMM $3,184.05
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,866.35
Beech Street COMM $4,002.81
Prime Health COMMPPO $4,002.81

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $540.69 $91.66 – $627.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $751.25 $78.34 – $1,776.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $583.97 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,073.58 $78.34 – $1,776.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $559.65 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $643.59 $90.33 – $627.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $643.59 $90.33 – $627.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $612.93 $90.33 – $627.59

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