Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) 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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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.

$68.85 with BCBS vs $2,031.81 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
BCBS TENNCARE $68.85
BCBS COVERKIDS $74.48
BCBS NetworkP $79.95
BCBS BlueCare $115.18
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $129.12
Humana BroadNetwork $129.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $129.12
Humana HumanaChoice $129.12
Aetna NewBusiness $148.38
Aetna COMM $148.38
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Cigna NewBusiness $230.59
Cigna OAP $261.92
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $425.06
Apex Health MCR $438.69
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $438.69
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $438.69
Humana TRICARE $577.22
United OptionsPPO $685.74
Cigna PPO $752.69
Centurion PRISON $951.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,039.00
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,154.44
Aetna NAP $1,154.44
Multiplan COMM $1,339.15
Employers Health Network COMM $1,616.22
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,731.66
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,962.55
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,031.81
Beech Street COMM $2,031.81

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $286.97 $43.30 – $202.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $583.12 $64.44 – $1,379.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $287.96 $43.30 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $833.31 $64.44 – $1,379.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $50.23 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $371.07 $43.30 – $202.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $371.07 $43.30 – $202.10
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $353.40 $47.68 – $202.10

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →