Valrubicin 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

$5,486.30

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.

$12,969.97

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.

$769.17 with United vs $7,335.43 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 $769.17 ↓ -86%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $1,345.76 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,358.70 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,371.64 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,384.58 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $1,389.58 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|PPO $1,423.40 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,423.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,451.59 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,451.59 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $1,481.23 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,698.87 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Options $1,698.87 ↓ -69%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $2,200.63 ↓ -60%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,432.72 ↓ -56%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $2,573.84 ↓ -53%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,715.64 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,287.51 ↑ +15%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $6,706.68 ↑ +22%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,335.43 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $7,335.43 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $7,335.43 ↑ +34%

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Valrubicin injection at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $3,839.12 $769.17 – $7,335.43

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