Als1-emergency 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

$525.70

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.

$1,776.00

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.

$177.82 with BCBS - TN vs $1,243.20 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
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $177.82 ↓ -66%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $355.20 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|TennCare $468.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $489.55 ↓ -7%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $645.46 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $651.66 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|HMO $657.87 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $664.07 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Options $669.00 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options $669.00 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $682.69 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare|PPO $682.69 ↑ +30%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $915.46 ↑ +74%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,166.78 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,243.20 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,243.20 ↑ +136%

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Als1-emergency at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $751.25 $177.82 – $1,243.20

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