Tc-99m medronate 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

$543.07

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.

$543.07

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.

$15.60 with BCBS vs $477.90 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
BCBS NetworkP $15.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.45 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $18.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $81.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $81.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $81.46 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $99.38 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $99.98 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $103.18 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $103.18 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $103.18 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $125.99 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $135.77 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $161.29 ↓ -70%
United HeritageSelect $170.82 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $170.82 ↓ -69%
United CorePayer $170.82 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $177.04 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $223.74 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $244.38 ↓ -55%
Signature Advantage MCR $271.54 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $271.54 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $314.98 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $380.15 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $407.30 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $461.61 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $477.90 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $477.90 ↓ -12%

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Tc-99m medronate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $66.74 $20.42 – $109.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $29.12 $12.95 – $26.79
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.05 $23.34 – $31.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $107.13 $20.42 – $63.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $39.09 $20.42 – $63.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $39.08 $20.42 – $63.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $70.22 $20.42 – $114.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.05 $23.34 – $31.34

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