Homocysteine 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.

$8.06 with Wellpoint vs $1,103.77 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 $8.06
BCBS TENNCARE $11.32
BCBS COVERKIDS $12.24
Aetna NewBusiness $14.25
Aetna COMM $14.25
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.92
HealthSpring DualEligible $17.92
HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.92
HealthSpring MCRPOS $17.92
HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.92
Bright Health HIX $17.92
United HeritageSelect $17.92
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $17.92
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.92
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.92
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.92
United VACCN $17.92
United AllPayerAppendix $17.92
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.92
United CorePayer $17.92
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.10
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.10
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.10
United MGMCR $18.28
WellCare MCR $18.46
Zing MGMCR $18.46
BCBS MCR $18.46
Ambetter Select $18.64
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.82
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.82
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.82
Signature Advantage MCR $19.00
BCBS BlueCare $19.02
Ambetter CORE $19.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.71
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.61
BCBS NetworkP $23.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.80
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.34
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.34
Cigna NewBusiness $31.72
Cigna OAP $36.02
Oscar HIX $53.76
Humana BroadNetwork $71.68
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $71.68
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $71.68
Humana HumanaChoice $71.68
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $230.91
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $238.31
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $238.31
Apex Health MCR $238.31
Humana TRICARE $313.57
United OptionsPPO $372.52
Cigna PPO $408.90
Centurion PRISON $516.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $564.43
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $627.14
Aetna NAP $627.14
Multiplan COMM $727.48
Employers Health Network COMM $878.00
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $940.71
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,066.14
Beech Street COMM $1,103.77
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,103.77

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Homocysteine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $94.23 $6.45 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $31.68 $9.79 – $74.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.25 $6.58 – $35.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $45.27 $9.79 – $74.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $7.63 – $39.07
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $94.23 $6.58 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $94.23 $6.58 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $94.23 $9.83 – $65.46

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