Antibody id rbc panel at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga

2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1255428736

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$187.39

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.

$443.00

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.

$6.12 with Amerigroup vs $605.79 with Centene — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $6.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $17.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $48.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $60.69 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $89.02 ↓ -52%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $93.03 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $99.14 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|TennCare $119.90 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Non-Options $283.41 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Options $283.41 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $310.10 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $310.10 ↑ +65%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $335.12 ↑ +79%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $338.34 ↑ +81%
Humana Medicare|HMO $341.56 ↑ +82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $344.79 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $354.45 ↑ +89%
Humana Medicare|PPO $354.45 ↑ +89%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $605.79 ↑ +223%

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $167.00 $11.68 – $482.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $131.13 $6.12 – $310.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $167.00 $11.68 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $167.00 $11.68 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $167.00 $12.32 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $167.00 $11.68 – $482.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $41.01 – $255.07

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