X-ray exam of eye sockets 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.

$26.67 with BCBS vs $886.02 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 $26.67
BCBS TENNCARE $35.54
BCBS COVERKIDS $38.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $53.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $53.04
Humana HumanaChoice $53.04
Humana BroadNetwork $53.04
BCBS BlueCare $59.45
Aetna COMM $64.90
Aetna NewBusiness $64.90
Cigna NewBusiness $109.44
Cigna OAP $124.31
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $185.36
Apex Health MCR $191.30
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $191.30
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $191.30
Humana TRICARE $251.71
United OptionsPPO $299.03
Cigna PPO $328.23
Centurion PRISON $414.82
United GlobalBenefitPlan $453.08
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $503.42
Aetna NAP $503.42
Multiplan COMM $583.97
Employers Health Network COMM $704.79
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $755.13
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $855.81
Prime Health COMMPPO $886.02
Beech Street COMM $886.02

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X-ray exam of eye sockets at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $76.96 $33.26 – $182.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $132.94 $22.35 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $109.98 $33.26 – $182.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $25.93 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $173.90 $22.18 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $173.90 $22.18 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $165.59 $22.18 – $179.33
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $67.85 $22.40 – $161.01

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