Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$173.43

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.

$410.00

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.

$54.60 with Employers Health Network vs $287.00 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
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $54.60 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $58.80 ↓ -66%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $61.48 ↓ -65%
United Medicaid|TennCare $62.03 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $65.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $77.54 ↓ -55%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $86.10 ↓ -50%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $99.07 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $100.02 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|HMO $100.98 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $101.93 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $104.79 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|PPO $104.79 ↓ -40%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $105.77 ↓ -39%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $179.09 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Non-Options $252.18 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Options $252.18 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $287.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $287.00 ↑ +65%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $161.37 $41.22 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $121.36 $54.60 – $287.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $161.37 $35.38 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $161.37 $35.38 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $161.37 $35.38 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $161.37 $41.22 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $41.22 – $179.33

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