Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$481.45

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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$481.45

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.

$14.91 with BCBS vs $423.68 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 $14.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $21.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $36.21 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $81.85 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $88.11 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $88.63 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $91.48 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $91.48 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $91.48 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $107.36 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $111.70 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $115.55 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $120.36 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $121.33 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $134.81 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $137.69 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $142.99 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $156.95 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $158.88 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $198.36 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $216.65 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $240.72 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $240.72 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $279.24 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $337.01 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $361.09 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $409.23 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $423.68 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $423.68 ↓ -12%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $72.00 $12.53 – $272.71
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $142.68 $18.65 – $337.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $57.73 $12.53 – $371.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $203.89 $18.65 – $337.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $98.55 $14.53 – $445.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $75.56 $12.53 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $75.56 $12.53 – $268.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $128.94 $14.86 – $268.77

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