Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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.

$4.37 with Wellpoint vs $262.88 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $4.37
Aetna NewBusiness $7.72
Aetna COMM $7.72
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.71
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.71
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.71
Bright Health HIX $9.71
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.71
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.71
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.71
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.71
United CorePayer $9.71
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.71
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.71
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.71
United VACCN $9.71
United AllPayerAppendix $9.71
United HeritageSelect $9.71
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.81
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.81
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.81
United MGMCR $9.90
Zing MGMCR $10.00
WellCare MCR $10.00
BCBS MCR $10.00
Ambetter Select $10.10
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.20
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.20
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.20
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.20
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.20
Signature Advantage MCR $10.29
Ambetter CORE $10.48
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.68
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.17
BCBS NetworkP $13.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.98
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.27
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.27
Cigna NewBusiness $17.29
Cigna OAP $19.64
Oscar HIX $29.13
BCBS TENNCARE $31.97
BCBS COVERKIDS $34.58
Humana HumanaChoice $38.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $38.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $38.84
Humana BroadNetwork $38.84
BCBS BlueCare $53.73
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $55.00
Apex Health MCR $56.76
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $56.76
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $56.76
Humana TRICARE $74.68
United OptionsPPO $88.72
Cigna PPO $97.39
Centurion PRISON $123.08
United GlobalBenefitPlan $134.43
Aetna NAP $149.37
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $149.37
Multiplan COMM $173.26
Employers Health Network COMM $209.11
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $224.05
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $253.92
Prime Health COMMPPO $262.88
Beech Street COMM $262.88

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $84.02 $3.50 – $37.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.57 $8.62 – $58.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $8.45 – $19.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $35.11 $8.62 – $58.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.95 $4.86 – $21.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $41.96 $6.81 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $41.96 $6.81 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $41.99 $6.81 – $37.24

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