Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$54.92

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.

$54.92

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.

$6.18 with Wellpoint vs $67.45 with BCBS — 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 $6.18 ↓ -89%
BCBS NetworkP $9.41 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $10.11 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $10.43 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $10.43 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $10.43 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.92 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $10.92 ↓ -80%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.73 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.73 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.73 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.73 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.73 ↓ -75%
United VACCN $13.73 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.73 ↓ -75%
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.73 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $13.73 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $13.73 ↓ -75%
Bright Health HIX $13.73 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.73 ↓ -75%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.73 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $13.73 ↓ -75%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $13.73 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.87 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.87 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.87 ↓ -75%
United MGMCR $14.00 ↓ -75%
Zing MGMCR $14.14 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCR $14.14 ↓ -74%
WellCare MCR $14.14 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Select $14.28 ↓ -74%
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.42 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.42 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.42 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.42 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.42 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.42 ↓ -74%
Signature Advantage MCR $14.55 ↓ -74%
Ambetter CORE $14.83 ↓ -73%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.10 ↓ -73%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.79 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $16.31 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $17.90 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.77 ↓ -64%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.18 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.18 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $22.63 ↓ -59%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.22 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $24.71 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $27.46 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $27.46 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $27.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $31.85 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $38.44 ↓ -30%
BCBS TENNCARE $40.14 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $41.19 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $41.19 ↓ -25%
BCBS COVERKIDS $43.41 ↓ -21%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $46.68 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $48.33 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $48.33 ↓ -12%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $54.92 ↑ +0%
Humana BroadNetwork $54.92 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoice $54.92 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $54.92 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueCare $67.45 ↑ +23%

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Metabolic panel ionized ca at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $144.95 $4.94 – $42.91
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.60 $6.87 – $29.93
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $144.95 $5.93 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $144.95 $5.93 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $144.95 $5.93 – $44.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $144.95 $12.36 – $42.91
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $33.12 $5.99 – $30.31
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $33.60 $6.87 – $29.93

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