Hip and Pelvis X-ray (3 to 4 views, both hips) at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER

2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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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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.

$29.49 with BCBS vs $589.20 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
BCBS NetworkP $29.49 —
BCBS TENNCARE $38.88 —
BCBS COVERKIDS $42.05 —
BCBS BlueCare $65.04 —
Aetna NewBusiness $71.73 —
Aetna COMM $71.73 —
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $123.26 —
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $127.21 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $127.21 —
Apex Health MCR $127.21 —
Cigna NewBusiness $131.40 —
Cigna OAP $147.69 —
United HeritageSelect $154.52 —
United Core $154.52 —
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 —
Humana TRICARE $167.39 —
United OptionsPPO $193.50 —
Cigna PPO $218.27 —
Centurion PRISON $275.85 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $301.30 —
Aetna NAP $334.77 —
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $334.77 —
Multiplan COMM $388.34 —
Employers Health Network COMM $468.69 —
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $502.16 —
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $569.12 —
Beech Street COMM $589.20 —
Prime Health COMMPPO $589.20 —

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Hip and Pelvis X-ray (3 to 4 views, both hips) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $291.93 $24.45 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $325.90 $36.39 – $770.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $130.87 $24.45 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $465.73 $36.39 – $770.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $28.36 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $164.49 $24.45 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $164.49 $24.45 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $156.66 $35.51 – $179.33

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →