Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1255428736
$134.94
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.
$319.00
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.
$22.81 with United vs $368.00 with United — 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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| United | Medicaid|TennCare | $22.81 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - TN | Medicaid|BlueCare | $27.44 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - ND | Medicare|All Plans | $42.98 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $43.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|HMO | $43.81 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $44.22 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|PPO | $45.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $45.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Peach State | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $77.70 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network S | $106.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network P | $134.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $223.30 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $223.30 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $368.00 | ↑ +173% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $368.00 | ↑ +173% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $55.98 | $18.44 – $95.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $94.43 | $22.81 – $223.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $55.98 | $17.41 – $87.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $55.98 | $17.41 – $87.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $55.98 | $17.41 – $87.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $55.98 | $18.44 – $87.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $87.00 – $87.00 |