Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$723.44

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.

$723.44

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.

$55.85 with BCBS vs $636.63 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 $55.85 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $60.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $93.84 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $108.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $108.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $108.52 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $132.39 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $133.19 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $137.45 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $137.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $137.45 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $180.86 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $202.56 ↓ -72%
United OptionsPPO $214.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMM $238.74 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $298.06 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $325.55 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $361.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $361.72 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $361.72 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $419.60 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $506.41 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $542.58 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $614.92 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $636.63 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $636.63 ↓ -12%
BCBS NetworkP not published by hospital

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $67.20 $45.40 – $158.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $87.17 $28.72 – $32.47
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $96.03 $47.67 – $158.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.35 $30.65 – $58.26
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.85 $29.17 – $30.65
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.35 $25.96 – $30.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $22.35 $30.65 – $43.27
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $22.35 $30.65 – $55.43

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