Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$38.30 with Wellpoint vs $422.92 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint MGMCD $38.30
Aetna NewBusiness $67.66
Aetna COMM $67.66
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $85.10
Devoted Health Plan MCR $85.10
Bright Health SmallGroup $85.10
Bright Health HIX $85.10
HealthSpring DualEligible $85.10
HealthSpring MCRHMO $85.10
HealthSpring MCRPOS $85.10
HealthSpring MCRPPO $85.10
United HeritageSelect $85.10
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $85.10
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $85.10
United VACCN $85.10
United AllPayerAppendix $85.10
Amerigroup MGMCR $85.10
United CorePayer $85.10
Aetna MGMCRPPO $85.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $85.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $85.95
United MGMCR $86.80
WellCare MCR $87.65
BCBS MCR $87.65
Zing MGMCR $87.65
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $88.48
Ambetter Select $88.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $89.36
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $89.36
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $89.36
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $89.36
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $89.36
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $89.36
Signature Advantage MCR $90.21
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $91.31
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $91.31
Apex Health MCR $91.31
Ambetter CORE $91.91
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $93.61
Bright Health MCRNarrow $97.86
BCBS NetworkP $116.09
Humana TRICARE $120.15
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $122.54
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $125.10
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $125.10
BCBS TENNCARE $130.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $140.80
United OptionsPPO $142.74
Cigna NewBusiness $151.68
Cigna PPO $156.67
Cigna OAP $172.26
Centurion PRISON $198.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $216.27
BCBS BlueCare $218.77
Aetna NAP $240.29
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $240.29
Oscar HIX $255.30
Multiplan COMM $278.74
Employers Health Network COMM $336.41
Humana HumanaChoice $340.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $340.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $340.40
Humana BroadNetwork $340.40
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $360.44
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $408.50
Beech Street COMM $422.92
Prime Health COMMPPO $422.92

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $295.05 $30.64 – $329.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $143.86 $56.50 – $340.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $204.24 $74.04 – $170.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $205.58 $56.50 – $340.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $148.95 $42.55 – $185.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →