Driver pneumatic vad, rep 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.

$80,282.16 with Wellpoint vs $163,909.41 with NovaNET — 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 $80,282.16
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $111,503.00
HealthSpring DualEligible $111,503.00
HealthSpring MCRHMO $111,503.00
HealthSpring MCRPOS $111,503.00
HealthSpring MCRPPO $111,503.00
Devoted Health Plan MCR $111,503.00
United VACCN $111,503.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $111,503.00
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $111,503.00
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $111,503.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $112,618.03
Aetna MGMCRHMO $112,618.03
Aetna MGMCRSNP $112,618.03
United MGMCR $113,733.06
WellCare MCR $114,848.09
Zing MGMCR $114,848.09
BCBS MCR $114,848.09
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $117,078.15
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $117,078.15
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $117,078.15
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $117,078.15
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $117,078.15
Evergreen HMO MCR $117,078.15
Signature Advantage MCR $118,193.18
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $122,653.30
Bright Health MCRNarrow $128,228.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $160,564.32
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $163,909.41
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $163,909.41

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Driver pneumatic vad, rep at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $34,956.18 $95,630.09 – $95,630.09
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $111,503.00 – $163,909.41
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $108,157.91 – $163,909.41
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $100,352.70 – $163,909.41
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $80,282.16 – $163,909.41
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $100,352.70 – $163,909.41
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $100,352.70 – $163,909.41
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $80,648.05 – $117,077.74

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