Liver Function Test 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.

$3.68 with Wellpoint vs $1,416.84 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 $3.68
Aetna NewBusiness $6.50
Aetna COMM $6.50
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.17
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.17
United VACCN $8.17
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.17
Bright Health HIX $8.17
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.17
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.17
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.17
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.17
United HeritageSelect $8.17
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.17
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.17
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.17
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17
United CorePayer $8.17
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.25
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.25
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.25
United MGMCR $8.33
BCBS MCR $8.42
Zing MGMCR $8.42
WellCare MCR $8.42
Ambetter Select $8.50
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.58
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.58
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.58
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.58
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.58
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.58
Signature Advantage MCR $8.66
Ambetter CORE $8.83
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.99
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.40
BCBS NetworkP $9.41
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.76
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.01
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.01
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43
BCBS TENNCARE $15.07
BCBS COVERKIDS $16.29
Cigna OAP $16.38
Oscar HIX $24.51
BCBS BlueCare $25.32
Humana HumanaChoice $32.68
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.68
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.68
Humana BroadNetwork $32.68
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $296.41
Apex Health MCR $305.91
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $305.91
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $305.91
Humana TRICARE $402.51
United OptionsPPO $478.18
Cigna PPO $524.88
Centurion PRISON $663.34
United GlobalBenefitPlan $724.52
Aetna NAP $805.02
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $805.02
Multiplan COMM $933.83
Employers Health Network COMM $1,127.04
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,207.54
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,368.54
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,416.84
Beech Street COMM $1,416.84

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Liver Function Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.26 $2.94 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $150.08 $7.25 – $354.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $95.68 $7.11 – $16.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $214.47 $7.25 – $354.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $13.65 $4.09 – $17.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60

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