X-ray abdomen 2 views 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.

$19.26 with BCBS vs $757.30 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
BCBS NetworkP $19.26
BCBS TENNCARE $25.38
BCBS COVERKIDS $27.45
BCBS BlueCare $42.45
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $43.64
Humana BroadNetwork $43.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $43.64
Humana HumanaChoice $43.64
Aetna NewBusiness $49.70
Aetna COMM $49.70
Cigna NewBusiness $82.76
Cigna OAP $94.01
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $158.43
Apex Health MCR $163.51
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $163.51
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $163.51
Humana TRICARE $215.14
United OptionsPPO $255.59
Cigna PPO $280.55
Centurion PRISON $354.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $387.26
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $430.29
Aetna NAP $430.29
Multiplan COMM $499.13
Employers Health Network COMM $602.40
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $645.43
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $731.48
Prime Health COMMPPO $757.30
Beech Street COMM $757.30

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $83.18 $15.96 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $256.64 $23.75 – $606.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $107.18 $15.96 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $366.75 $23.75 – $606.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $18.51 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $160.07 $15.96 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $160.07 $15.96 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $152.46 $23.19 – $179.33

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