Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection 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

$184.69

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.

$436.60

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.

$64.80 with BCBS - TN vs $321.25 with Centene — 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 Medicaid|BlueCare $64.80 ↓ -65%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $91.68 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|TennCare $113.46 ↓ -39%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $177.72 ↓ -4%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $179.42 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|HMO $181.13 ↓ -2%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $182.84 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $187.97 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|PPO $187.97 ↑ +2%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $191.92 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $192.47 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $192.47 ↑ +4%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $193.04 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $196.44 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|Non-Options $224.70 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|Options $224.70 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $261.92 ↑ +42%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $279.38 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $305.58 ↑ +65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $305.58 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $305.58 ↑ +65%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $321.25 ↑ +74%

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Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $601.79 $43.54 – $412.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $129.24 $64.80 – $305.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $601.79 $43.54 – $455.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $601.79 $43.54 – $412.83
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $601.79 $43.54 – $402.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $601.79 $43.54 – $402.60

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