Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study 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

$2,606.33

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.

$2,606.33

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.

$58.33 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 $58.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $63.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $98.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $390.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $390.95 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $390.95 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $443.08 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $476.96 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $479.83 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $495.20 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $495.20 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $495.20 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $581.21 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $599.46 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $604.67 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $625.52 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $651.58 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $656.80 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $745.41 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $774.08 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $849.66 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,073.81 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,172.85 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,303.16 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,303.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,303.16 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,511.67 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,824.43 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,954.75 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,215.38 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,293.57 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,293.57 ↓ -12%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↑ +80%

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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $313.40 $33.91 – $48.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $231.18 $50.47 – $989.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $125.81 $26.68 – $33.91
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $330.37 $50.47 – $989.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $103.50 $35.42 – $619.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $313.40 $33.91 – $48.53
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $101.43 $35.42 – $678.58
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $103.50 $35.42 – $646.27

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