Lithium 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.

$2.97 with Wellpoint vs $525.77 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 $2.97
Aetna NewBusiness $5.26
Aetna COMM $5.26
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.61
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.61
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.61
Bright Health HIX $6.61
HealthSpring DualEligible $6.61
HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.61
HealthSpring MCRPOS $6.61
HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.61
United CorePayer $6.61
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $6.61
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.61
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.61
United VACCN $6.61
United AllPayerAppendix $6.61
United HeritageSelect $6.61
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.68
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.68
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.68
United MGMCR $6.74
Zing MGMCR $6.81
WellCare MCR $6.81
BCBS MCR $6.81
Ambetter Select $6.87
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.94
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.94
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.94
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.94
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.94
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.94
Signature Advantage MCR $7.01
Ambetter CORE $7.14
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.27
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.60
BCBS NetworkP $9.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.52
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.72
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.72
Cigna NewBusiness $11.54
Cigna OAP $13.11
BCBS TENNCARE $16.94
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.32
Oscar HIX $19.83
Humana HumanaChoice $26.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $26.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $26.44
Humana BroadNetwork $26.44
BCBS BlueCare $28.47
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $109.99
Apex Health MCR $113.52
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $113.52
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $113.52
Humana TRICARE $149.37
United OptionsPPO $177.45
Cigna PPO $194.78
Centurion PRISON $246.16
United GlobalBenefitPlan $268.86
Aetna NAP $298.74
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $298.74
Multiplan COMM $346.53
Employers Health Network COMM $418.23
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $448.10
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $507.85
Prime Health COMMPPO $525.77
Beech Street COMM $525.77

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $50.33 $2.38 – $25.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $59.20 $5.87 – $140.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $28.52 $5.75 – $13.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $84.60 $5.87 – $140.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.70 $3.31 – $14.41
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96

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