X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$567.97

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.

$567.97

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.

$30.45 with BCBS vs $499.81 with Prime Health — 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 $30.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $47.16 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $51.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueCare $78.90 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $81.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $81.98 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $97.24 ↓ -83%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $97.24 ↓ -83%
Humana HumanaChoice $97.24 ↓ -83%
Humana BroadNetwork $97.24 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $104.56 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $107.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $107.91 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $107.91 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $112.64 ↓ -80%
Cigna OAP $127.95 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $141.99 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $168.69 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $185.16 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $234.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $255.59 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $283.99 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $283.99 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $313.62 ↓ -45%
United HeritageSelect $313.62 ↓ -45%
United CorePayer $313.62 ↓ -45%
Multiplan COMM $329.42 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $397.58 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $425.98 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $482.77 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $499.81 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $499.81 ↓ -12%

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $174.78 $29.66 – $770.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $234.44 $44.14 – $554.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $166.52 $29.66 – $1,001.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $335.02 $44.14 – $554.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $153.90 $34.41 – $1,111.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $183.54 $29.66 – $770.53
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $183.54 $29.66 – $770.53
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $174.78 $36.66 – $770.53

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