App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$5,923.27

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.

$14,003.00

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.

$0.65 with Alliant Health vs $9,802.10 with Aetna — 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
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $448.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $986.87 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,331.00 ↓ -78%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,338.86 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,638.00 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↓ -63%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $2,940.63 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|TennCare $2,980.00 ↓ -50%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $3,196.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $3,410.60 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $3,443.39 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|HMO $3,476.19 ↓ -41%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,508.98 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,607.36 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|PPO $3,607.36 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options $4,738.00 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Options $4,738.00 ↓ -20%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $6,165.31 ↑ +4%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,802.10 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $9,802.10 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $9,802.10 ↑ +65%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $4,144.89 $2,800.60 – $9,802.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,678.95 $503.22 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $503.22 – $998.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $503.22 – $1,150.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $503.22 – $1,150.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $503.22 – $1,150.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $503.22 – $1,004.50

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