Cystouretero w/lithotripsy 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

$2,054.09

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.

$4,856.00

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.

$167.00 with BCBS - TN vs $12,869.00 with Humana — 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 - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $633.00 ↓ -69%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $1,019.76 ↓ -50%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $1,393.71 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,496.00 ↑ +22%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,510.09 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $3,073.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $3,399.20 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $3,399.20 ↑ +65%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,481.21 ↑ +69%
United Medicaid|TennCare $4,734.00 ↑ +130%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $4,735.96 ↑ +131%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $4,781.50 ↑ +133%
Humana Medicare|HMO $4,827.04 ↑ +135%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4,872.58 ↑ +137%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5,009.19 ↑ +144%
Humana Medicare|PPO $5,009.19 ↑ +144%
United Commercial|Options $5,373.00 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|Non-Options $5,373.00 ↑ +162%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $8,025.00 ↑ +291%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,561.16 ↑ +317%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12,869.00 ↑ +527%

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Cystouretero w/lithotripsy at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,437.38 $971.20 – $3,399.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1,790.00 – $11,003.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $1,556.88 – $11,003.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $1,556.88 – $11,003.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $1,556.88 – $11,003.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $1,889.50 – $11,003.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $1,889.50 – $11,003.00

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