Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
2525 de Sales Avenue, Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1255428736
$461.92
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.
$1,092.00
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.
$170.93 with United vs $1,277.02 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.
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 | $170.93 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - ND | Medicare|All Plans | $225.86 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $228.03 | ↓ -51% |
| Peach State | Medicaid|All Plans | $229.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|HMO | $230.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $232.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $238.89 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|PPO | $238.89 | ↓ -48% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $408.28 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $764.40 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $764.40 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network S | $768.89 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $908.00 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $908.00 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network P | $1,277.02 | ↑ +176% |
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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $740.39 | $417.33 – $521.66 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $323.24 | $170.93 – $768.89 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $740.18 | $52.42 – $521.66 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $740.18 | $52.42 – $521.66 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $740.15 | $52.42 – $521.66 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $740.15 | $417.33 – $521.66 |