Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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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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.

$6.47 with Wellpoint vs $188.62 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.47
Aetna NewBusiness $11.44
Aetna COMM $11.44
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.38
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.38
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.38
Bright Health HIX $14.38
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.38
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.38
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.38
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.38
United CorePayer $14.38
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.38
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.38
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.38
United VACCN $14.38
United AllPayerAppendix $14.38
United HeritageSelect $14.38
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.52
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.52
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.52
United MGMCR $14.67
Zing MGMCR $14.81
WellCare MCR $14.81
BCBS MCR $14.81
Ambetter Select $14.96
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.10
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.10
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.10
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.10
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.10
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.10
Signature Advantage MCR $15.24
Ambetter CORE $15.53
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.82
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.54
BCBS NetworkP $19.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.71
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.14
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.14
BCBS TENNCARE $22.33
BCBS COVERKIDS $24.14
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37
Cigna OAP $28.81
BCBS BlueCare $37.51
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $39.46
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $40.72
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $40.72
Apex Health MCR $40.72
Oscar HIX $43.14
Humana TRICARE $53.59
Humana HumanaChoice $57.52
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.52
Humana BroadNetwork $57.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.52
United OptionsPPO $63.66
Cigna PPO $69.87
Centurion PRISON $88.31
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.45
Aetna NAP $107.17
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $107.17
Multiplan COMM $124.32
Employers Health Network COMM $150.04
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $160.75
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $182.19
Prime Health COMMPPO $188.62
Beech Street COMM $188.62

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $157.94 $5.18 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $39.08 $12.78 – $92.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $130.87 $12.51 – $28.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $55.84 $12.78 – $92.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.20 $7.19 – $31.35
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $157.94 $10.09 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $157.94 $10.09 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $157.94 $10.09 – $55.30

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