CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and 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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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.

$341.20 with United vs $13,442.23 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 $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
United CorePayer $341.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $373.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $373.28
Humana BroadNetwork $373.28
Humana HumanaChoice $373.28
BCBS TENNCARE $405.47
BCBS COVERKIDS $438.62
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
BCBS BlueCare $678.33
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2,812.18
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,902.30
Apex Health MCR $2,902.30
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,902.30
Humana TRICARE $3,818.82
United OptionsPPO $4,536.75
Cigna PPO $4,979.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,873.87
Aetna NAP $7,637.63
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $7,637.63
Multiplan COMM $8,859.65
Employers Health Network COMM $10,692.68
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $12,983.97
Beech Street COMM $13,442.23
Prime Health COMMPPO $13,442.23

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,946.21 $255.01 – $939.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $807.20 $245.15 – $1,908.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,815.85 $255.01 – $652.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,153.53 $245.15 – $1,908.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $295.81 – $709.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $2,001.08 $255.01 – $939.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $2,001.08 $255.01 – $939.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $2,001.08 $287.37 – $939.16

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