Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

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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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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.

$9.64 with BCBS vs $654.68 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $9.64
BCBS TENNCARE $12.27
BCBS COVERKIDS $13.28
BCBS BlueCare $20.54
Aetna COMM $76.69
Aetna NewBusiness $76.69
Humana BroadNetwork $90.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $90.20
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $90.20
Humana HumanaChoice $90.20
Cigna NewBusiness $100.91
Cigna OAP $114.62
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $136.96
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $141.35
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $141.35
Apex Health MCR $141.35
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Humana TRICARE $185.99
United OptionsPPO $220.95
Cigna PPO $242.53
Centurion PRISON $306.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $334.78
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $371.98
Aetna NAP $371.98
Multiplan COMM $431.49
Employers Health Network COMM $520.76
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $557.96
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $632.36
Prime Health COMMPPO $654.68
Beech Street COMM $654.68

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $209.46 $7.72 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $195.36 $11.49 – $462.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.01 $7.72 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $279.18 $11.49 – $462.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $8.96 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $275.09 $7.72 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $275.09 $7.72 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $261.99 $11.53 – $179.33

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →