Flow cytometry marker each additional 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.

$16.33 with Aetna vs $104.32 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
Aetna NewBusiness $16.33
Aetna COMM $16.33
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.78
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.78
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.78
Bright Health HIX $20.15
Oscar HIX $21.69
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $21.83
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $22.52
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $22.52
Apex Health MCR $22.52
United CorePayer $23.03
United HeritageSelect $23.03
United AllPayerAppendix $23.03
Ambetter CORE $26.44
Ambetter Select $27.50
Bright Health SmallGroup $28.45
Humana TRICARE $29.64
BCBS TENNCARE $30.82
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.33
United OptionsPPO $35.21
Cigna PPO $38.65
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22
Cigna OAP $44.54
BCBS NetworkP $48.12
Centurion PRISON $48.84
BCBS BlueCare $51.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $53.35
Signature Advantage MCR $59.27
Aetna NAP $59.27
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $59.27
Multiplan COMM $68.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $79.04
Humana BroadNetwork $79.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $79.04
Humana HumanaChoice $79.04
Employers Health Network COMM $82.98
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $88.91
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $100.77
Prime Health COMMPPO $104.32
Beech Street COMM $104.32

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Flow cytometry marker each additional at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $87.24 $11.44 – $95.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $36.71 $22.38 – $86.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $33.35 $16.23 – $54.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $52.46 $22.38 – $86.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.80 $15.37 – $51.25
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →