In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain 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

$756.44

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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.

$756.44

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.

$18.39 with BCBS vs $665.67 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 TENNCARE $18.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $19.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $30.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $105.06 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $128.59 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $134.08 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $134.08 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $138.43 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $139.26 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $143.72 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $143.72 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $143.72 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↓ -80%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $167.64 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoice $167.64 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $167.64 ↓ -78%
Humana BroadNetwork $167.64 ↓ -78%
Ambetter CORE $168.69 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $175.49 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $181.55 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $189.11 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $224.66 ↓ -70%
Cigna NewBusiness $229.09 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $246.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $260.17 ↓ -66%
Centurion PRISON $311.65 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $340.40 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $378.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $378.22 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $438.74 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network COMM $529.51 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $567.33 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $642.97 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $665.67 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $665.67 ↓ -12%

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In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $251.55 $10.69 – $429.57
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $83.18 $15.91 – $272.15
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $118.87 $15.91 – $272.15
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $134.85 $12.40 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $264.15 $10.69 – $429.57
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $251.55 $10.69 – $429.57
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $251.55 $15.97 – $429.57
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $251.55 $10.69 – $429.57

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