Cytopath smear other source 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.

$8.20 with BCBS vs $184.61 with Beech Street — 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
BCBS TENNCARE $8.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.87
BCBS BlueCare $13.79
United CorePayer $24.67
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67
United HeritageSelect $24.67
BCBS NetworkP $33.97
Bright Health HIX $35.66
Oscar HIX $38.39
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $38.62
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $39.86
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $39.86
Apex Health MCR $39.86
Ambetter CORE $46.78
Ambetter Select $48.67
Bright Health SmallGroup $50.35
Aetna NewBusiness $52.25
Aetna COMM $52.25
Humana TRICARE $52.45
United OptionsPPO $62.30
Cigna PPO $68.39
Centurion PRISON $86.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $94.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $98.28
Humana BroadNetwork $98.28
Humana HumanaChoice $98.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $98.28
Cigna NewBusiness $100.48
Aetna NAP $104.89
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $104.89
Cigna OAP $114.11
Multiplan COMM $121.67
Employers Health Network COMM $146.85
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $157.34
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $178.31
Prime Health COMMPPO $184.61
Beech Street COMM $184.61

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Cytopath smear other source at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.65 $5.53 – $58.84
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $26.81 $7.13 – $146.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $26.81 $4.77 – $146.26
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $42.78 $5.53 – $118.53
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $43.65 $5.53 – $58.84
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $43.65 $5.53 – $65.85

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →