Lidocaine therapeutic drug level 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.

$6.61 with Wellpoint vs $375.28 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.61
Aetna NewBusiness $11.68
Aetna COMM $11.68
United CorePayer $14.69
United HeritageSelect $14.69
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.69
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.69
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.69
United VACCN $14.69
Bright Health HIX $14.69
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.69
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.69
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.69
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.69
United AllPayerAppendix $14.69
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.69
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.69
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.84
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.84
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.84
United MGMCR $14.98
Zing MGMCR $15.13
BCBS MCR $15.13
WellCare MCR $15.13
Ambetter Select $15.28
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.42
Signature Advantage MCR $15.57
Ambetter CORE $15.86
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.16
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.89
BCBS NetworkP $20.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.59
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
BCBS TENNCARE $41.61
Oscar HIX $44.07
BCBS COVERKIDS $44.99
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.76
Humana BroadNetwork $58.76
Humana HumanaChoice $58.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.76
BCBS BlueCare $69.91
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $78.51
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $81.03
Apex Health MCR $81.03
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $81.03
Humana TRICARE $106.61
United OptionsPPO $126.66
Cigna PPO $139.03
Centurion PRISON $175.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $191.91
Aetna NAP $213.23
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $213.23
Multiplan COMM $247.35
Employers Health Network COMM $298.52
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $319.85
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $362.49
Beech Street COMM $375.28
Prime Health COMMPPO $375.28

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Lidocaine therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $77.45 $5.29 – $56.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $71.04 $13.05 – $168.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $101.52 $13.05 – $168.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.80 $7.35 – $32.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $77.45 $13.22 – $56.45

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