Insitu hybridization manual 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.

$99.54 with Aetna vs $622.12 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
Aetna COMM $99.54
Aetna NewBusiness $99.54
Bright Health HIX $120.18
Oscar HIX $129.37
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $130.15
Apex Health MCR $134.32
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $134.32
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $134.32
BCBS TENNCARE $138.68
BCBS COVERKIDS $149.97
BCBS NetworkP $150.42
Ambetter CORE $157.65
Humana BroadNetwork $159.52
Humana HumanaChoice $159.52
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $159.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $159.52
Ambetter Select $164.01
Bright Health SmallGroup $169.67
Humana TRICARE $176.74
Cigna NewBusiness $186.42
United OptionsPPO $209.96
Cigna OAP $211.72
Cigna PPO $230.47
BCBS BlueCare $233.02
United CorePayer $291.26
Centurion PRISON $291.26
United HeritageSelect $291.26
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $318.13
Aetna NAP $353.48
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $353.48
Multiplan COMM $410.03
Employers Health Network COMM $494.87
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $530.21
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $600.91
Prime Health COMMPPO $622.12
Beech Street COMM $622.12

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Insitu hybridization manual at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $346.32 $119.90 – $819.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $115.23 $80.63 – $656.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $494.91 $119.90 – $819.00
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $189.29 $28.83 – $232.08
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $192.90 $20.76 – $729.17
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $192.90 $34.60 – $816.10
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $192.90 $34.60 – $816.10
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $115.29 $80.63 – $658.80

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