Sulfonylurea screen qn-sendout 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

$345.55

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.

$345.55

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.

$0.01 with Aetna vs $304.08 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
Aetna COMM $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $51.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $51.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $51.83 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $58.74 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $63.24 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $63.62 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $65.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $65.65 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $65.65 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $77.06 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $80.17 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $82.93 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $86.39 ↓ -75%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $86.44 ↓ -75%
Humana BroadNetwork $86.44 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoice $86.44 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $86.44 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $87.08 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $98.83 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $102.63 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $112.65 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $142.37 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $155.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $172.78 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $172.78 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $172.78 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $200.42 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $241.88 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $259.16 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $293.72 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $304.08 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $304.08 ↓ -12%

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Sulfonylurea screen qn-sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $18.75 $14.49 – $15.07
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $18.40 $16.20 – $16.52
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $18.75 $15.73 – $15.73
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $18.75 $14.74 – $15.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $18.75 $15.73 – $16.36
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $18.75 $14.31 – $15.03
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $64.89 $0.01 – $53.19
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $18.75 $13.84 – $14.39

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