Prealbumin 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.

$6.57 with Wellpoint vs $481.64 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.57
Aetna NewBusiness $11.60
Aetna COMM $11.60
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.59
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.59
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.59
Bright Health HIX $14.59
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.59
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.59
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.59
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.59
United CorePayer $14.59
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.59
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.59
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.59
United VACCN $14.59
United AllPayerAppendix $14.59
United HeritageSelect $14.59
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.74
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.74
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.74
United MGMCR $14.88
Zing MGMCR $15.03
WellCare MCR $15.03
BCBS MCR $15.03
Ambetter Select $15.17
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.32
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.32
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.32
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.32
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.32
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.32
Signature Advantage MCR $15.47
Ambetter CORE $15.76
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.05
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.78
BCBS NetworkP $17.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.01
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.45
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.45
BCBS TENNCARE $23.50
BCBS COVERKIDS $25.41
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
BCBS BlueCare $39.48
Oscar HIX $43.77
Humana HumanaChoice $58.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.36
Humana BroadNetwork $58.36
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $100.76
Apex Health MCR $103.99
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $103.99
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $103.99
Humana TRICARE $136.83
United OptionsPPO $162.55
Cigna PPO $178.43
Centurion PRISON $225.50
United GlobalBenefitPlan $246.29
Aetna NAP $273.66
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $273.66
Multiplan COMM $317.45
Employers Health Network COMM $383.12
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $410.49
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $465.22
Prime Health COMMPPO $481.64
Beech Street COMM $481.64

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Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $92.39 $10.23 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $92.39 $10.23 – $56.45
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