Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco at CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson

2051 Hamill Road, Hixson, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083778633

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9.77

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.

$33.00

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.

$6.60 with Peach State vs $362.00 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.

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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 $6.60 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|TennCare $10.76 ↑ +10%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $16.13 ↑ +65%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $16.29 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare|HMO $16.44 ↑ +68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $16.60 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|PPO $17.06 ↑ +75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $17.06 ↑ +75%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $20.00 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $23.10 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $23.10 ↑ +136%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $29.16 ↑ +198%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $51.70 ↑ +429%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $69.94 ↑ +616%
United Commercial|Non-Options $362.00 ↑ +3605%
United Commercial|Options $362.00 ↑ +3605%

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Aco med nutria tx/group, ea 30 min 97804aco at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $37.97 $12.99 – $35.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $13.96 $6.93 – $29.16
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $126.06 $7.32 – $35.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $126.06 $7.32 – $35.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $126.06 $7.32 – $35.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $45.56 $13.44 – $35.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $14.45 – $35.08

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