IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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.

$24.14 with Aetna vs $141.62 with Prime Health — 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 MGMCRSNP $24.14
Aetna MGMCRPPO $24.14
Aetna MGMCRHMO $24.14
Bright Health HIX $27.36
BCBS TENNCARE $27.80
Oscar HIX $29.45
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $29.63
BCBS COVERKIDS $30.06
Apex Health MCR $34.20
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $34.20
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $34.20
Ambetter CORE $35.89
BCBS NetworkP $37.01
Ambetter Select $37.34
Bright Health SmallGroup $38.62
Humana TRICARE $40.23
Cigna NewBusiness $40.55
Aetna NewBusiness $45.06
Cigna OAP $46.03
BCBS BlueCare $46.70
United OptionsPPO $47.80
Cigna PPO $52.46
Aetna COMM $53.11
United GlobalBenefitPlan $72.42
Centurion PRISON $74.16
Signature Advantage MCR $80.47
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $80.47
Aetna NAP $80.47
Multiplan COMM $93.34
Employers Health Network COMM $112.65
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $135.00
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $136.79
Beech Street COMM $141.62
Prime Health COMMPPO $141.62

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $36.90 $16.16 – $95.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.08 $24.05 – $368.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $60.26 $16.16 – $21.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.29 $24.05 – $368.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.65 $18.55 – $374.20
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $36.90 $16.16 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.90 $16.16 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.90 $24.14 – $87.00

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →