Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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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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.

$4.00 with Wellpoint vs $650.21 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 $4.00
Aetna NewBusiness $7.08
Aetna COMM $7.08
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.90
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.90
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.90
Bright Health HIX $8.90
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.90
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.90
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.90
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.90
United CorePayer $8.90
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.90
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.90
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.90
United VACCN $8.90
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90
United HeritageSelect $8.90
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.99
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.99
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.99
United MGMCR $9.08
Zing MGMCR $9.17
WellCare MCR $9.17
BCBS MCR $9.17
Ambetter Select $9.26
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.35
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.35
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.35
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.35
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.35
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.35
Signature Advantage MCR $9.43
Ambetter CORE $9.61
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.79
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.23
BCBS NetworkP $12.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.82
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.08
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.08
Cigna NewBusiness $16.16
Cigna OAP $18.35
Oscar HIX $26.70
BCBS TENNCARE $29.41
BCBS COVERKIDS $31.81
Humana HumanaChoice $35.60
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $35.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $35.60
Humana BroadNetwork $35.60
BCBS BlueCare $49.42
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $136.03
Apex Health MCR $140.39
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $140.39
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $140.39
Humana TRICARE $184.72
United OptionsPPO $219.44
Cigna PPO $240.87
Centurion PRISON $304.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $332.49
Aetna NAP $369.44
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $369.44
Multiplan COMM $428.54
Employers Health Network COMM $517.21
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $554.15
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $628.04
Prime Health COMMPPO $650.21
Beech Street COMM $650.21

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $63.83 $3.20 – $35.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $7.90 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $7.74 – $17.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $7.90 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $15.60 $4.45 – $19.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $63.83 $6.24 – $35.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $63.83 $6.24 – $35.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $63.83 $6.24 – $35.01

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