Warde vitamin d (1 25 dihydroxy) 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

$39.77

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.

$94.00

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.

$19.74 with Peach State vs $116.62 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.

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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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $19.74 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|TennCare $34.20 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Options $38.50 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Non-Options $38.50 ↓ -3%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $40.04 ↑ +1%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $40.42 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|HMO $40.81 ↑ +3%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $41.20 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $42.35 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|PPO $42.35 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $48.40 ↑ +22%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $57.75 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $65.80 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $65.80 ↑ +65%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $72.38 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $84.75 ↑ +113%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $92.45 ↑ +132%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $94.00 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $94.38 ↑ +137%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $116.62 ↑ +193%

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Warde vitamin d (1 25 dihydroxy) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $109.88 $13.86 – $149.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $27.83 $34.20 – $92.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $109.88 $27.00 – $149.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $109.88 $27.00 – $149.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $109.88 $27.00 – $149.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $109.88 $34.65 – $149.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $34.65 – $149.01

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