Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$1,397.61

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.

$1,397.61

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.

$61.35 with BCBS vs $1,229.90 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 $61.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $72.87 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $78.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueCare $121.91 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $159.18 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $159.18 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoice $197.48 ↓ -86%
Humana BroadNetwork $197.48 ↓ -86%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $197.48 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $197.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $220.58 ↓ -84%
Cigna OAP $250.55 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $257.30 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $265.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $265.55 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $265.55 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $349.40 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $415.09 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $455.62 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $575.82 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $628.92 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $698.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $698.80 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $810.61 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $978.33 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,048.21 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,187.97 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,229.90 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,229.90 ↓ -12%

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $53.16 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $323.75 $45.83 – $183.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $323.75 $45.83 – $183.88
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $308.31 $47.68 – $183.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $308.31 $45.83 – $183.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $34.67 – $212.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $101.55 $53.16 – $238.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $64.62 – $206.93

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