Lactic acid 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.

$5.21 with Wellpoint vs $481.64 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 $5.21
Aetna NewBusiness $9.20
Aetna COMM $9.20
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.57
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.57
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.57
Bright Health HIX $11.57
HealthSpring DualEligible $11.57
HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.57
HealthSpring MCRPOS $11.57
HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.57
United CorePayer $11.57
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $11.57
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.57
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.57
United VACCN $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
United HeritageSelect $11.57
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.69
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.69
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.69
United MGMCR $11.80
Zing MGMCR $11.92
WellCare MCR $11.92
BCBS MCR $11.92
Ambetter Select $12.03
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.15
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.15
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.15
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.15
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.15
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.15
Signature Advantage MCR $12.26
Ambetter CORE $12.49
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.73
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.31
BCBS NetworkP $14.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.66
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.01
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $17.01
Cigna NewBusiness $20.76
Cigna OAP $23.57
Oscar HIX $34.71
BCBS TENNCARE $35.72
BCBS COVERKIDS $38.63
Humana HumanaChoice $46.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $46.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $46.28
Humana BroadNetwork $46.28
BCBS BlueCare $60.03
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $100.76
Apex Health MCR $103.99
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $103.99
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $103.99
Humana TRICARE $136.83
United OptionsPPO $162.55
Cigna PPO $178.43
Centurion PRISON $225.50
United GlobalBenefitPlan $246.29
Aetna NAP $273.66
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $273.66
Multiplan COMM $317.45
Employers Health Network COMM $383.12
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $410.49
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $465.22
Prime Health COMMPPO $481.64
Beech Street COMM $481.64

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $68.00 $4.17 – $41.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.09 $9.49 – $54.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $104.42 $10.07 – $23.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $33.00 $9.49 – $54.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $18.75 $5.79 – $25.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $68.00 $7.49 – $41.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $68.00 $7.49 – $41.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $68.00 $7.49 – $41.76

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