Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$1,096.97

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.

$1,096.97

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.

$101.63 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 $101.63 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $109.91 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $170.77 ↓ -84%
Bright Health HIX $186.48 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $200.75 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $201.95 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $208.42 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $208.42 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $208.42 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $244.62 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $252.30 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $254.50 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $263.27 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $274.24 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $276.44 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $313.73 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $325.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $357.61 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $451.95 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $493.64 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $548.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $548.49 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $636.24 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $767.88 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $822.73 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $932.42 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $965.33 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $965.33 ↓ -12%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↑ +328%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $489.71 $59.09 – $324.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $575.43 $87.94 – $599.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $252.54 $59.09 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $822.32 $87.94 – $599.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $175.35 $68.54 – $595.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $489.71 $59.09 – $319.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $489.71 $59.09 – $319.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $489.71 $88.29 – $319.42

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