Volume measurement urine timed 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

$14.56

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.

$14.56

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.

$1.64 with Wellpoint vs $14.56 with Humana — 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 $1.64 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2.68 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2.77 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $2.77 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMM $2.89 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.89 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.64 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $3.64 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.64 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.64 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $3.64 ↓ -75%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $3.64 ↓ -75%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.64 ↓ -75%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.64 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.64 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring DualEligible $3.64 ↓ -75%
United VACCN $3.64 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.64 ↓ -75%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.64 ↓ -75%
Bright Health HIX $3.64 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $3.64 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $3.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.68 ↓ -75%
United MGMCR $3.71 ↓ -75%
Zing MGMCR $3.75 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCR $3.75 ↓ -74%
WellCare MCR $3.75 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Select $3.79 ↓ -74%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.82 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.82 ↓ -74%
Signature Advantage MCR $3.86 ↓ -73%
Ambetter CORE $3.93 ↓ -73%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS NetworkP $4.09 ↓ -72%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.19 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $4.32 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $4.75 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.24 ↓ -64%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.35 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.35 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $6.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna NewBusiness $6.35 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6.55 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $7.21 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $7.28 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $7.28 ↓ -50%
BCBS TENNCARE $8.39 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMM $8.44 ↓ -42%
BCBS COVERKIDS $9.08 ↓ -38%
Employers Health Network COMM $10.19 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $10.92 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $10.92 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $12.38 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $12.81 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $12.81 ↓ -12%
BCBS BlueCare $14.10 ↓ -3%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $14.56 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoice $14.56 ↑ +0%
Humana BroadNetwork $14.56 ↑ +0%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $14.56 ↑ +0%

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Volume measurement urine timed at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $7.70 $2.66 – $18.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.11 $3.17 – $7.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $11.00 $2.66 – $18.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.40 $1.82 – $7.94
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $5.06 $2.13 – $7.94
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $5.40 $1.53 – $7.94
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $5.40 $1.82 – $8.74
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $5.40 $1.82 – $7.94

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