Pulse ox multiple at SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER
2127 CENTURY FARMS PKWY, ANTIOCH, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1720032345
$488.82
Cash price 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.
$488.82
Gross charge 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.
$35.76 with BCBS vs $430.16 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $35.76 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $38.67 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $60.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $73.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $73.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $73.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $83.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $89.45 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $89.99 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $92.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $92.88 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $92.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $109.01 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $112.43 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $113.41 | ↓ -77% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $117.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $122.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $123.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $136.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OAP | $139.80 | ↓ -71% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $145.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $159.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMM | $161.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $201.39 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $219.97 | ↓ -55% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $244.41 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $244.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $244.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $283.52 | ↓ -42% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $342.17 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $366.62 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $415.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $430.16 | ↓ -12% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $430.16 | ↓ -12% |
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Pulse ox multiple at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $73.98 | $8.04 – $20.79 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $54.76 | $14.81 – $446.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $99.13 | $3.55 – $20.79 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $78.26 | $14.81 – $446.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $31.65 | $20.67 – $211.00 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $30.82 | $19.05 – $134.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $31.65 | $10.66 – $211.00 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $31.65 | $19.05 – $211.00 |