Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

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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.

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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.

$6.71 with Wellpoint vs $656.21 with Prime Health — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.71
Aetna NewBusiness $11.85
Aetna COMM $11.85
BCBS NetworkP $14.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.90
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.90
Bright Health HIX $14.90
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.90
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.90
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.90
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.90
United HeritageSelect $14.90
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.90
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.90
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.90
United VACCN $14.90
United AllPayerAppendix $14.90
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.90
United CorePayer $14.90
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.05
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.05
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.05
United MGMCR $15.20
WellCare MCR $15.35
BCBS MCR $15.35
Zing MGMCR $15.35
Ambetter Select $15.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.65
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.65
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.65
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.65
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.65
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.65
Signature Advantage MCR $15.79
Ambetter CORE $16.09
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.39
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.13
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.90
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.90
BCBS TENNCARE $24.66
Cigna NewBusiness $26.53
BCBS COVERKIDS $26.67
Cigna OAP $30.13
BCBS BlueCare $41.44
Oscar HIX $44.70
Humana BroadNetwork $59.60
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $59.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $59.60
Humana HumanaChoice $59.60
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $137.28
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $141.68
Apex Health MCR $141.68
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $141.68
Humana TRICARE $186.42
United OptionsPPO $221.47
Cigna PPO $243.09
Centurion PRISON $307.22
United GlobalBenefitPlan $335.56
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $372.85
Aetna NAP $372.85
Multiplan COMM $432.50
Employers Health Network COMM $521.98
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $559.27
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $633.84
Beech Street COMM $656.21
Prime Health COMMPPO $656.21

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $185.01 $5.36 – $57.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $17.76 $13.23 – $42.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $57.96 $12.96 – $29.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $25.38 $12.60 – $42.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.05 $7.45 – $32.48
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $185.01 $10.44 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $185.01 $10.44 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $185.01 $10.44 – $57.56

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