Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$6,022.39

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.

$6,022.39

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.

$202.48 with BCBS vs $5,299.70 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
BCBS TENNCARE $202.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $218.96 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $340.21 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $1,023.81 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,102.10 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,108.72 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,144.25 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,144.25 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $1,144.25 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $1,342.99 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $1,385.15 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $1,397.19 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,445.37 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $1,505.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,517.64 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $1,722.40 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $1,788.65 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $1,963.30 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,481.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,710.08 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,011.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $3,011.20 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $3,492.99 ↓ -42%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↓ -37%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,215.67 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $4,516.79 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↓ -22%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,119.03 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $5,299.70 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $5,299.70 ↓ -12%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $859.97 $117.72 – $324.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $702.12 $175.20 – $1,660.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $416.07 $117.72 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,003.36 $175.20 – $1,660.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $306.45 $136.56 – $595.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $859.97 $117.72 – $319.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $859.97 $117.72 – $319.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $859.97 $142.99 – $319.42

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