Ihc/icc per specimen initial 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.

$15.48 with BCBS vs $154.31 with Cigna — 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 TENNCARE $15.48
BCBS COVERKIDS $16.74
BCBS BlueCare $26.01
Bright Health HIX $26.83
Oscar HIX $28.88
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $29.06
Apex Health MCR $29.99
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $29.99
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $29.99
Ambetter CORE $35.20
Ambetter Select $36.62
Bright Health SmallGroup $37.88
Humana TRICARE $39.46
BCBS NetworkP $42.78
United OptionsPPO $46.88
Cigna PPO $51.46
Centurion PRISON $65.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $71.03
Aetna COMM $77.09
Aetna NewBusiness $77.09
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $78.92
Aetna NAP $78.92
Multiplan COMM $91.55
Employers Health Network COMM $110.49
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $118.38
Humana BroadNetwork $133.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $133.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $133.40
Humana HumanaChoice $133.40
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $134.16
Cigna NewBusiness $135.88
Beech Street COMM $138.90
Prime Health COMMPPO $138.90
United HeritageSelect $149.16
United CorePayer $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Cigna OAP $154.31

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $174.12 $9.00 – $232.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $207.20 $13.39 – $490.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $115.23 $9.00 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $296.10 $13.39 – $490.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $54.90 $26.61 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $174.12 $9.00 – $232.05
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $174.12 $9.00 – $232.05
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $174.12 $13.45 – $232.05

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →