Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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.

$2.29 with Wellpoint vs $280.94 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.29
Aetna NewBusiness $4.06
Aetna COMM $4.06
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.10
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.10
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.10
Bright Health HIX $5.10
HealthSpring DualEligible $5.10
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.10
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5.10
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.10
United CorePayer $5.10
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5.10
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.10
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.10
United VACCN $5.10
United AllPayerAppendix $5.10
United HeritageSelect $5.10
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.15
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.15
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.15
United MGMCR $5.20
Zing MGMCR $5.25
WellCare MCR $5.25
BCBS MCR $5.25
Ambetter Select $5.30
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.35
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.35
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.35
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.35
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.35
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.35
Signature Advantage MCR $5.41
Ambetter CORE $5.51
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.61
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.86
BCBS NetworkP $6.94
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.34
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.50
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.50
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23
Cigna OAP $10.49
Oscar HIX $15.30
BCBS TENNCARE $17.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.60
Humana HumanaChoice $20.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.40
Humana BroadNetwork $20.40
BCBS BlueCare $28.90
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $58.77
Apex Health MCR $60.66
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $60.66
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $60.66
Humana TRICARE $79.81
United OptionsPPO $94.82
Cigna PPO $104.08
Centurion PRISON $131.53
United GlobalBenefitPlan $143.66
Aetna NAP $159.63
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $159.63
Multiplan COMM $185.16
Employers Health Network COMM $223.47
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $239.44
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $271.36
Prime Health COMMPPO $280.94
Beech Street COMM $280.94

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $71.66 $1.84 – $19.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $8.59 $4.52 – $20.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $28.29 $4.44 – $10.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $12.27 $4.52 – $20.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.00 $2.55 – $11.12
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $71.66 $3.57 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $71.66 $3.57 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $71.66 $3.57 – $19.17

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