X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) 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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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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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.

$16.90 with BCBS vs $755.78 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 $16.90
BCBS TENNCARE $23.91
BCBS COVERKIDS $25.87
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $30.24
Humana BroadNetwork $30.24
Humana HumanaChoice $30.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $30.24
BCBS BlueCare $40.01
Aetna COMM $42.07
Aetna NewBusiness $42.07
Cigna NewBusiness $76.36
United CorePayer $83.86
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United HeritageSelect $83.86
Cigna OAP $86.73
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $158.11
Apex Health MCR $163.18
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $163.18
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $163.18
Humana TRICARE $214.71
United OptionsPPO $255.08
Cigna PPO $279.98
Centurion PRISON $353.84
United GlobalBenefitPlan $386.48
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $429.42
Aetna NAP $429.42
Multiplan COMM $498.13
Employers Health Network COMM $601.19
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $644.13
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $730.01
Prime Health COMMPPO $755.78
Beech Street COMM $755.78

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X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $88.44 $15.04 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $227.04 $22.38 – $536.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $99.82 $15.04 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $324.45 $22.38 – $536.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $17.45 – $88.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $124.85 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $124.85 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $118.89 $20.34 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →