Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$1,155.65

Cash price

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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.

$1,155.65

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.

$59.06 with BCBS vs $1,016.97 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
BCBS NetworkP $59.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $77.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS COVERKIDS $84.23 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $102.32 ↓ -91%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $102.32 ↓ -91%
Humana HumanaChoice $102.32 ↓ -91%
Humana BroadNetwork $102.32 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueCare $130.26 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $147.61 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $147.61 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -87%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $212.76 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $219.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $219.57 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $219.57 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $258.74 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $288.91 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $293.90 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $343.23 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $376.74 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $476.13 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $520.04 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $577.83 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $577.83 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $670.28 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $808.96 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $866.74 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $982.30 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,016.97 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,016.97 ↓ -12%

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $170.31 $48.97 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $230.29 $72.88 – $544.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $92.00 $48.97 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $329.10 $72.88 – $544.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $56.81 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $178.85 $48.97 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $178.85 $48.97 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $170.31 $71.12 – $179.33

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