Esophageal dilat s&i at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1255428736
$146.36
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.
$346.00
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.
$72.66 with Peach State vs $252.95 with BCBS - TN — 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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| Peach State | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.66 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - TN | Medicaid|BlueCare | $132.49 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $166.08 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Open Access | $193.76 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network S | $200.53 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $242.20 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $242.20 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network P | $252.95 | ↑ +73% |
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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $309.90 | $89.02 – $169.83 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $102.42 | $69.20 – $242.20 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $89.02 – $240.41 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $89.02 – $240.41 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $133.00 – $240.41 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $89.02 – $209.65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $134.45 – $240.41 |