Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$6.52

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.

$22.00

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.

$14.46 with United vs $49.15 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
United Medicaid|TennCare $14.46 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $15.40 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $15.40 ↑ +136%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $17.71 ↑ +172%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $17.71 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options $17.93 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|Non-Options $17.93 ↑ +175%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $18.65 ↑ +186%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $18.83 ↑ +189%
Humana Medicare|HMO $19.01 ↑ +192%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $19.19 ↑ +194%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $19.72 ↑ +202%
Humana Medicare|PPO $19.72 ↑ +202%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $22.00 ↑ +237%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $26.90 ↑ +313%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $33.71 ↑ +417%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $38.97 ↑ +498%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.17 ↑ +501%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $43.62 ↑ +569%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $49.15 ↑ +654%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $152.36 $6.45 – $69.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $9.31 $4.62 – $33.71
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $152.36 $16.14 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $16.14 – $69.98

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