Artery x-rays chest at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1255428736
$1,285.92
Cash price 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.
$3,040.00
Gross charge 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.
$197.37 with BCBS - TN vs $6,235.38 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network S | $197.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $215.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $227.76 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Open Access | $239.63 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network P | $248.95 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - TN | Medicaid|BlueCare | $530.98 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicaid|TennCare | $540.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Peach State | Medicaid|All Plans | $638.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $2,128.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $2,128.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - ND | Medicare|All Plans | $2,932.25 | ↑ +128% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $2,960.44 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | Medicare|HMO | $2,988.64 | ↑ +132% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,016.83 | ↑ +135% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,101.42 | ↑ +141% |
| Humana | Medicare|PPO | $3,101.42 | ↑ +141% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $5,300.60 | ↑ +312% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $6,235.38 | ↑ +385% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $6,235.38 | ↑ +385% |
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Artery x-rays chest at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $783.65 | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $899.84 | $197.37 – $2,128.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $868.31 | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $132.33 – $4,434.05 |