Dermagraft 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

$360.82

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.

$853.00

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.

$28.86 with Cigna vs $597.10 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
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $28.86 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $28.86 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $33.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $77.78 ↓ -78%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $179.13 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $383.85 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|Non-Options $426.50 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Options $426.50 ↑ +18%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $511.80 ↑ +42%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $545.92 ↑ +51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $597.10 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $597.10 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $597.10 ↑ +65%

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Dermagraft at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $252.49 $28.86 – $597.10

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