Urine Culture Test 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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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.

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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.

$3.63 with Wellpoint vs $750.55 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.63
Aetna NewBusiness $6.41
Aetna COMM $6.41
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.07
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.07
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.07
Bright Health HIX $8.07
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.07
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.07
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.07
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.07
United CorePayer $8.07
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.07
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.07
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.07
United VACCN $8.07
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07
United HeritageSelect $8.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.15
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.15
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.15
United MGMCR $8.23
Zing MGMCR $8.31
WellCare MCR $8.31
BCBS MCR $8.31
Ambetter Select $8.39
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.47
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.47
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.47
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.47
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.47
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.47
Signature Advantage MCR $8.55
Ambetter CORE $8.71
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.88
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.28
BCBS NetworkP $11.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.62
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.86
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.86
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43
Cigna OAP $16.38
Oscar HIX $24.21
BCBS TENNCARE $26.04
BCBS COVERKIDS $28.16
Humana HumanaChoice $32.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.28
Humana BroadNetwork $32.28
BCBS BlueCare $43.75
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $157.02
Apex Health MCR $162.05
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $162.05
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $162.05
Humana TRICARE $213.22
United OptionsPPO $253.31
Cigna PPO $278.05
Centurion PRISON $351.39
United GlobalBenefitPlan $383.81
Aetna NAP $426.45
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $426.45
Multiplan COMM $494.68
Employers Health Network COMM $597.03
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $639.67
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $724.97
Prime Health COMMPPO $750.55
Beech Street COMM $750.55

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $36.56 $2.91 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13.32 $7.18 – $31.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $79.81 $7.02 – $16.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $19.04 $7.18 – $31.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $13.95 $4.04 – $17.59
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $36.56 $5.66 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.56 $5.66 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.56 $5.66 – $31.60

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