Dup scan/ue art/graft/bilat/comp 93930 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

$597.28

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.

$1,412.00

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.

$132.73 with United vs $988.40 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
United Medicaid|TennCare $132.73 ↓ -78%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $161.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $225.19 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $227.36 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|HMO $229.52 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $231.69 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $238.18 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|PPO $238.18 ↓ -60%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $296.52 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $333.40 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $371.29 ↓ -38%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $407.08 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Options $518.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Non-Options $518.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $633.15 ↑ +6%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $650.65 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $988.40 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $988.40 ↑ +65%

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Dup scan/ue art/graft/bilat/comp 93930 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $384.66 $108.35 – $451.97
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $417.96 $132.73 – $988.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $384.66 $76.07 – $451.97
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $384.66 $76.07 – $451.97
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $570.89 $76.07 – $451.97
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $384.66 $108.35 – $451.97
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $343.66 – $451.97

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