Sleep study unattended 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

$960.68

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.

$960.68

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.

$163.32 with Bright Health vs $2,710.00 with Aetna — 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
Bright Health HIX $163.32 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $175.80 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $176.86 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $182.53 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $182.53 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $182.53 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $214.23 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $220.96 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $222.88 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $230.56 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $240.17 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $242.09 ↓ -75%
BCBS TENNCARE $258.12 ↓ -73%
Cigna OAP $274.75 ↓ -71%
BCBS COVERKIDS $279.13 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $285.32 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $313.18 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $395.80 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $432.31 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueCare $433.70 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $480.34 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $480.34 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $557.19 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $672.48 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $720.51 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $816.58 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $845.40 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $845.40 ↓ -12%
United CorePayer $1,268.00 ↑ +32%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,691.00 ↑ +76%
United HeritageSelect $1,691.00 ↑ +76%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,311.00 ↑ +141%
Aetna COMM $2,710.00 ↑ +182%

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Sleep study unattended at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $354.93 $134.86 – $227.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $254.56 $123.64 – $602.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $117.53 $124.30 – $285.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $363.78 $123.64 – $602.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $260.70 $153.06 – $439.24
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $255.76 $85.04 – $350.02
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $260.70 $61.23 – $439.24
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $260.70 $102.04 – $491.61

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