Detect agnt mult dna direc 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.

$19.65 with Wellpoint vs $174.68 with Humana — 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 $19.65
Aetna COMM $34.72
Aetna NewBusiness $34.72
BCBS TENNCARE $38.72
BCBS COVERKIDS $41.87
HealthSpring MCRPPO $43.67
Devoted Health Plan MCR $43.67
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $43.67
HealthSpring DualEligible $43.67
HealthSpring MCRHMO $43.67
HealthSpring MCRPOS $43.67
United VACCN $43.67
United AllPayerAppendix $43.67
United CorePayer $43.67
United HeritageSelect $43.67
Amerigroup MGMCR $43.67
Bright Health HIX $43.67
Bright Health SmallGroup $43.67
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $43.67
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $43.67
Aetna MGMCRHMO $44.11
Aetna MGMCRSNP $44.11
Aetna MGMCRPPO $44.11
United MGMCR $44.54
Zing MGMCR $44.98
WellCare MCR $44.98
BCBS MCR $44.98
Ambetter Select $45.42
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $45.85
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $45.85
Evergreen HMO MCR $45.85
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $45.85
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $45.85
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $45.85
Signature Advantage MCR $46.29
Ambetter CORE $47.17
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $48.04
Bright Health MCRNarrow $50.22
BCBS NetworkP $54.72
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $62.88
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $64.19
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $64.19
BCBS BlueCare $65.05
Cigna NewBusiness $77.87
Cigna OAP $88.43
Oscar HIX $131.01
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $174.68
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $174.68
Humana BroadNetwork $174.68
Humana HumanaChoice $174.68

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Detect agnt mult dna direc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $166.77 $15.72 – $155.76
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $166.77 $22.51 – $155.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $166.77 $22.51 – $155.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $166.77 $28.13 – $155.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $166.77 $22.51 – $155.76
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $70.20 $19.65 – $95.20
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $70.20 $21.84 – $104.81
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $70.20 $21.84 – $104.81

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