Culture urine 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.

$3.64 with Wellpoint vs $45.34 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 $3.64
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $5.96
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $6.15
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $6.15
Apex Health MCR $6.15
Aetna COMM $6.43
Aetna NewBusiness $6.43
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.09
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.09
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.09
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.09
Humana TRICARE $8.09
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.09
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.09
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.09
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.09
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.09
United VACCN $8.09
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.09
Bright Health HIX $8.09
United CorePayer $8.09
United HeritageSelect $8.09
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.17
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.17
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.17
United MGMCR $8.25
Zing MGMCR $8.33
BCBS MCR $8.33
WellCare MCR $8.33
Ambetter Select $8.41
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.49
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.49
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.49
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.49
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.49
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.49
Signature Advantage MCR $8.58
Ambetter CORE $8.74
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.90
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.30
United OptionsPPO $9.61
Cigna PPO $10.55
BCBS NetworkP $11.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.65
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.89
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.89
Centurion PRISON $13.33
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $14.56
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $16.18
Aetna NAP $16.18
Cigna OAP $16.38
Multiplan COMM $18.77
Employers Health Network COMM $22.65
Oscar HIX $24.27
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $24.27
BCBS TENNCARE $26.99
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $27.51
Beech Street COMM $28.48
Prime Health COMMPPO $28.48
BCBS COVERKIDS $29.18
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.36
Humana BroadNetwork $32.36
Humana HumanaChoice $32.36
BCBS BlueCare $45.34

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Culture urine each isolate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $18.36 $7.20 – $43.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $26.23 $7.20 – $43.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.05 – $17.64
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $14.03 $5.74 – $18.04
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $14.25 $3.64 – $17.64
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $14.25 $4.05 – $19.42
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.05 – $17.64
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $14.25 $4.05 – $19.42

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