Gamunex-c/gammaked 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

$4,895.81

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.

$11,574.01

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.

$28.15 with United vs $2,210.49 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 $28.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $45.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $45.48 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|HMO $45.91 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $46.34 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|PPO $47.64 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $47.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $50.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $50.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $50.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $50.73 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options $59.79 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options $59.79 ↓ -99%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $81.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $129.75 ↓ -97%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $663.15 ↓ -86%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,421.03 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,894.70 ↓ -61%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $2,021.02 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,210.49 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $2,210.49 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $2,210.49 ↓ -55%

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Gamunex-c/gammaked at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $3,425.91 $28.15 – $2,210.49

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