Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site 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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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.

$6.62 with BCBS vs $124.39 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
BCBS NetworkP $6.62
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
United HeritageSelect $7.33
United CorePayer $7.33
BCBS TENNCARE $8.34
BCBS COVERKIDS $9.02
BCBS BlueCare $14.02
Cigna NewBusiness $15.00
Cigna OAP $17.04
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.20
Aetna NewBusiness $21.93
Aetna COMM $21.93
Bright Health HIX $24.03
Oscar HIX $25.87
Humana BroadNetwork $25.92
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $25.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $25.92
Humana HumanaChoice $25.92
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $26.02
Apex Health MCR $26.86
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $26.86
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $26.86
Ambetter CORE $31.52
Ambetter Select $32.79
Bright Health SmallGroup $33.92
Humana TRICARE $35.34
United OptionsPPO $41.98
Cigna PPO $46.08
Centurion PRISON $58.24
United GlobalBenefitPlan $63.61
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $70.67
Aetna NAP $70.67
Signature Advantage MCR $70.67
Multiplan COMM $81.98
Employers Health Network COMM $98.94
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $106.01
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $120.15
Beech Street COMM $124.39
Prime Health COMMPPO $124.39

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $31.35 $4.85 – $24.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.28 $5.14 – $57.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $34.69 $5.14 – $57.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.75 $5.63 – $43.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $31.35 $4.85 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $31.35 $4.85 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $31.35 $5.52 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $31.35 $4.85 – $24.85

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →