St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$541.86

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.

$541.86

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.

$75.64 with Wellpoint vs $476.84 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $75.64 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $92.12 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $99.16 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $99.76 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $102.95 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $102.95 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $102.95 ↓ -81%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $105.05 ↓ -81%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $105.05 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $105.05 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $105.05 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $105.05 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $105.05 ↓ -81%
United VACCN $105.05 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCR $105.05 ↓ -81%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $105.05 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $105.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $106.10 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $106.10 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $106.10 ↓ -80%
United MGMCR $107.15 ↓ -80%
Zing MGMCR $108.20 ↓ -80%
WellCare MCR $108.20 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCR $108.20 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $110.30 ↓ -80%
Evergreen HMO MCR $110.30 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $110.30 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $110.30 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $110.30 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $110.30 ↓ -80%
Signature Advantage MCR $111.35 ↓ -79%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $115.56 ↓ -79%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $120.81 ↓ -78%
Ambetter CORE $120.83 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $125.71 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $130.05 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $135.47 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $136.55 ↓ -75%
BCBS TENNCARE $136.77 ↓ -75%
BCBS COVERKIDS $147.91 ↓ -73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $151.27 ↓ -72%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $154.42 ↓ -72%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $154.42 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $154.97 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $160.93 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $176.65 ↓ -67%
BCBS NetworkP $221.34 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueCare $229.81 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $243.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $270.93 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $270.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00 ↓ -49%
Multiplan COMM $314.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMM $326.00 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $379.30 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $406.39 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $460.58 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $476.84 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $476.84 ↓ -12%

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