Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$4,475.85

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.

$4,475.85

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.

$185.88 with Humana vs $3,938.75 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
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $185.88 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $185.88 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $185.88 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $185.88 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $214.86 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $232.42 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $267.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $359.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $464.11 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $464.11 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -89%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $824.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna NewBusiness $839.41 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $850.41 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $850.41 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $850.41 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $953.46 ↓ -79%
Humana TRICARE $1,118.96 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,329.33 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $1,459.13 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,844.05 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,014.13 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,237.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $2,237.93 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $2,595.99 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,133.09 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $3,356.89 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,804.47 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $3,938.75 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $3,938.75 ↓ -12%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $738.80 $135.13 – $816.77
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,454.84 $201.11 – $3,440.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $681.49 $135.13 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,079.05 $201.11 – $3,440.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $156.75 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $995.72 $122.24 – $816.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $995.72 $122.24 – $816.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $995.70 $122.24 – $816.77

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