Ecg external < 48 hours recording at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER
2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345
$1,666.97
Cash price 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.
$1,666.97
Gross charge 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.
$65.07 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $65.07 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $70.36 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $109.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $283.38 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $305.06 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $306.89 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $316.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $316.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $316.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $371.73 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $383.40 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $386.74 | ↓ -77% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $400.07 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $416.74 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $420.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | OAP | $476.75 | ↓ -71% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $495.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $543.43 | ↓ -67% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $686.79 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $750.14 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $833.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $833.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $966.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,166.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $1,250.23 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $1,416.92 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $1,466.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $1,466.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,807.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Aetna | COMM | $4,700.00 | ↑ +182% |
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $349.70 | $37.83 – $172.83 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $232.66 | $54.93 – $550.20 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $201.71 | $37.83 – $235.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $332.48 | $54.93 – $550.20 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $247.50 | $43.88 – $270.65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $377.12 | $32.70 – $170.34 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $395.99 | $32.70 – $170.34 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $395.99 | $32.70 – $170.34 |