Compatibility test incubate 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

$521.84

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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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$521.84

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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$19.94 with BCBS vs $459.22 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 $19.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $23.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $23.26 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $44.54 ↓ -91%
BCBS TENNCARE $75.96 ↓ -85%
BCBS COVERKIDS $82.14 ↓ -84%
Bright Health HIX $88.71 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $95.50 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $96.07 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $99.15 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $99.15 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $99.15 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $113.60 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $113.60 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $113.60 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoice $113.60 ↓ -78%
Ambetter CORE $116.37 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $121.07 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $125.24 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueCare $127.62 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $130.46 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↓ -71%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -71%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↓ -71%
United OptionsPPO $154.99 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $170.12 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $215.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $234.83 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $260.92 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $260.92 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $302.67 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $365.29 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $391.38 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $443.56 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $459.22 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $459.22 ↓ -12%

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Compatibility test incubate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $61.64 $31.31 – $312.94
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $48.60 $31.31 – $312.94
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE $1,257.54 $19.94 – $149.16
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $302.12 $19.94 – $149.16
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD $556.20 $19.94 – $149.16
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $873.30 $19.94 – $149.16
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $651.68 $19.94 – $149.16
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET $95.04 $19.94 – $149.16

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