Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) 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.

$226.72 with Humana vs $6,937.28 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 NarrowExchangeNetwork $226.72
Humana BroadNetwork $226.72
Humana HumanaChoice $226.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $226.72
United HeritageSelect $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
United CorePayer $341.20
BCBS TENNCARE $382.33
BCBS COVERKIDS $413.59
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
BCBS BlueCare $639.62
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,451.31
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,497.82
Apex Health MCR $1,497.82
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,497.82
Humana TRICARE $1,970.82
United OptionsPPO $2,341.33
Cigna PPO $2,569.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,547.47
Aetna NAP $3,941.64
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,941.64
Multiplan COMM $4,572.30
Employers Health Network COMM $5,518.29
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $6,700.78
Beech Street COMM $6,937.28
Prime Health COMMPPO $6,937.28

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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $926.33 $153.44 – $739.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $726.68 $176.05 – $1,718.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $900.22 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,038.47 $176.05 – $1,718.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $648.00 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $926.10 $151.23 – $739.53
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $926.10 $151.23 – $739.53
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $926.10 $151.23 – $739.53

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →