Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain 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.

$30.10 with Aetna vs $176.57 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
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.10
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.10
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.10
Bright Health HIX $34.11
Oscar HIX $36.72
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $36.94
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $38.12
Apex Health MCR $38.12
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $38.12
BCBS NetworkP $40.96
Ambetter CORE $44.74
Ambetter Select $46.55
Bright Health SmallGroup $48.16
Humana TRICARE $50.16
BCBS TENNCARE $57.24
United OptionsPPO $59.59
BCBS COVERKIDS $61.90
United CorePayer $65.25
United HeritageSelect $65.25
United AllPayerAppendix $65.25
Cigna PPO $65.41
Aetna NewBusiness $68.13
Aetna COMM $68.13
Centurion PRISON $82.67
United GlobalBenefitPlan $90.29
BCBS BlueCare $96.18
Signature Advantage MCR $100.33
Aetna NAP $100.33
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $100.33
Humana HumanaChoice $107.84
Humana BroadNetwork $107.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $107.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $107.84
Multiplan COMM $116.38
Cigna NewBusiness $119.38
Cigna OAP $135.58
Employers Health Network COMM $140.46
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $150.49
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $170.55
Beech Street COMM $176.57
Prime Health COMMPPO $176.57

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Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.29 $33.28 – $203.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $130.24 $29.88 – $308.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $32.20 $33.28 – $67.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $186.12 $29.88 – $308.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $60.45 $38.60 – $137.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →