Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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.

$6.57 with Wellpoint vs $61.33 with BCBS — 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 $6.57
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $7.64
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $7.89
Apex Health MCR $7.89
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $7.89
Humana TRICARE $10.38
Aetna COMM $11.62
Aetna NewBusiness $11.62
United OptionsPPO $12.33
Cigna PPO $13.54
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.61
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.61
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.61
United VACCN $14.61
United AllPayerAppendix $14.61
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.61
United CorePayer $14.61
United HeritageSelect $14.61
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.61
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.61
Bright Health HIX $14.61
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.61
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.61
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.61
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.61
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.76
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.76
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.76
United MGMCR $14.90
BCBS NetworkP $14.93
BCBS MCR $15.05
Zing MGMCR $15.05
WellCare MCR $15.05
Ambetter Select $15.19
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.34
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.34
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.34
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.34
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.34
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.34
Signature Advantage MCR $15.49
Ambetter CORE $15.78
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.07
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.80
Centurion PRISON $17.11
United GlobalBenefitPlan $18.68
Aetna NAP $20.76
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $20.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.04
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.48
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.48
Multiplan COMM $24.08
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Employers Health Network COMM $29.06
Cigna OAP $29.47
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $31.14
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $35.29
BCBS TENNCARE $36.50
Prime Health COMMPPO $36.54
Beech Street COMM $36.54
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.47
Oscar HIX $43.83
Humana HumanaChoice $58.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.44
Humana BroadNetwork $58.44
BCBS BlueCare $61.33

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $76.37 $9.72 – $180.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $109.14 $9.72 – $180.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $7.31 – $31.85
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.20 $5.58 – $31.85
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $7.31 – $31.85
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06

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