Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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.

$4.25 with Wellpoint vs $243.76 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 $4.25
BCBS TENNCARE $4.56
BCBS COVERKIDS $4.93
Aetna NewBusiness $7.50
Aetna COMM $7.50
BCBS BlueCare $7.66
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.44
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.44
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.44
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.44
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.44
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.44
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.44
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.44
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.44
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.44
Bright Health HIX $9.44
United VACCN $9.44
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44
United CorePayer $9.44
United HeritageSelect $9.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.53
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.53
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.53
United MGMCR $9.63
BCBS MCR $9.72
WellCare MCR $9.72
Zing MGMCR $9.72
Ambetter Select $9.81
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.91
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.91
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.91
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.91
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.91
Signature Advantage MCR $10.01
Ambetter CORE $10.19
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.38
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.86
BCBS NetworkP $12.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.88
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72
Cigna OAP $18.98
Oscar HIX $28.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.76
Humana HumanaChoice $37.76
Humana BroadNetwork $37.76
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $51.00
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $52.63
Apex Health MCR $52.63
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $52.63
Humana TRICARE $69.25
United OptionsPPO $82.27
Cigna PPO $90.30
Centurion PRISON $114.12
United GlobalBenefitPlan $124.65
Aetna NAP $138.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $138.50
Multiplan COMM $160.66
Employers Health Network COMM $193.90
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $207.75
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $235.45
Beech Street COMM $243.76
Prime Health COMMPPO $243.76

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.45 $2.97 – $79.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $2.65 – $18.88
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.80 $2.97 – $79.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.50 $3.07 – $20.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.90 $3.96 – $36.12

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