Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn 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.

$4.65 with Wellpoint vs $656.21 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 $4.65
Aetna NewBusiness $8.21
Aetna COMM $8.21
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.33
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.33
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.33
Bright Health HIX $10.33
HealthSpring DualEligible $10.33
HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.33
HealthSpring MCRPOS $10.33
HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.33
United CorePayer $10.33
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $10.33
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.33
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.33
United VACCN $10.33
United AllPayerAppendix $10.33
United HeritageSelect $10.33
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.43
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.43
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.43
United MGMCR $10.54
Zing MGMCR $10.64
WellCare MCR $10.64
BCBS MCR $10.64
Ambetter Select $10.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.85
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.85
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.85
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.85
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.85
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.85
Signature Advantage MCR $10.95
Ambetter CORE $11.15
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.36
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.88
BCBS NetworkP $11.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.19
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.19
Cigna NewBusiness $18.45
Cigna OAP $20.95
BCBS TENNCARE $26.25
BCBS COVERKIDS $28.38
Oscar HIX $30.99
Humana HumanaChoice $41.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $41.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $41.32
Humana BroadNetwork $41.32
BCBS BlueCare $44.10
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $137.28
Apex Health MCR $141.68
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $141.68
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $141.68
Humana TRICARE $186.42
United OptionsPPO $221.47
Cigna PPO $243.09
Centurion PRISON $307.22
United GlobalBenefitPlan $335.56
Aetna NAP $372.85
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $372.85
Multiplan COMM $432.50
Employers Health Network COMM $521.98
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $559.27
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $633.84
Prime Health COMMPPO $656.21
Beech Street COMM $656.21

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $50.94 $3.72 – $39.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.18 $9.18 – $109.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $125.12 $8.99 – $20.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.99 $9.18 – $109.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.40 $5.17 – $22.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $55.35 $7.25 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $55.35 $7.25 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $55.35 $7.25 – $39.50

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