Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording 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

$1,666.97

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.

$1,666.97

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.

$20.31 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.

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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 TENNCARE $20.31 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $21.97 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $34.13 ↓ -98%
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 up to 7 days recording at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $289.14 $24.95 – $52.63
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $56.84 $17.58 – $134.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $81.22 $17.58 – $134.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $161.85 $13.70 – $75.98
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $158.93 $13.70 – $84.86
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $161.85 $12.18 – $80.82
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $161.85 $13.70 – $85.04
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $161.85 $16.65 – $80.82

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