Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$3,028.85

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.

$3,028.85

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.

$195.28 with Humana vs $2,665.39 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
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $195.28 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $195.28 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $195.28 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $195.28 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $254.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS TENNCARE $314.99 ↓ -90%
BCBS COVERKIDS $340.75 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $446.74 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $446.74 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueCare $526.97 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $557.61 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $575.48 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $575.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $575.48 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $611.66 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $611.66 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $611.66 ↓ -80%
Humana TRICARE $757.21 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $789.69 ↓ -74%
Cigna OAP $896.99 ↓ -70%
United OptionsPPO $899.57 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $987.41 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,247.89 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,362.98 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,514.42 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,514.42 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,756.73 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,120.20 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,271.64 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,574.52 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,665.39 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,665.39 ↓ -12%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $869.94 $198.11 – $776.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $797.13 $287.43 – $1,885.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $735.77 $198.11 – $983.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,139.14 $287.43 – $1,885.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $229.81 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $783.81 $156.59 – $776.48
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $783.81 $156.59 – $776.48
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $783.87 $156.59 – $776.48

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