Cta neck without &/or w/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.

$324.92 with Humana vs $9,628.39 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
Humana BroadNetwork $324.92
Humana HumanaChoice $324.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $324.92
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $324.92
BCBS TENNCARE $325.36
United HeritageSelect $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
United CorePayer $341.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $351.96
Aetna COMM $459.25
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
BCBS BlueCare $544.32
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2,014.30
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,078.86
Apex Health MCR $2,078.86
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,078.86
Humana TRICARE $2,735.34
United OptionsPPO $3,249.58
Cigna PPO $3,566.88
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,923.61
Aetna NAP $5,470.68
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $5,470.68
Multiplan COMM $6,345.98
Employers Health Network COMM $7,658.94
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $9,300.15
Beech Street COMM $9,628.39
Prime Health COMMPPO $9,628.39

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Cta neck without &/or w/contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $779.51 $153.44 – $760.07
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,252.38 $184.04 – $2,961.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,029.71 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,789.72 $184.04 – $2,961.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $559.65 $163.67 – $501.36
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,097.79 $151.23 – $760.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,097.79 $151.23 – $760.07
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,045.52 $151.23 – $760.07

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →