Antibody screen rbc 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

$83.48

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.

$282.00

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.

$9.77 with United vs $197.40 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
United Commercial|Options $9.77 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options $9.77 ↓ -88%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $14.66 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $15.23 ↓ -82%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $15.23 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.23 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $21.41 ↓ -74%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $27.17 ↓ -67%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $29.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $34.28 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|TennCare $49.66 ↓ -41%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $49.77 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $50.25 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|HMO $50.73 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $51.21 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $52.65 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|PPO $52.65 ↓ -37%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $89.98 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $197.40 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $197.40 ↑ +136%

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Antibody screen rbc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $118.37 $8.79 – $71.64
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $119.29 $9.77 – $197.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $118.37 $7.40 – $70.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $118.37 $7.40 – $70.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $118.38 $7.40 – $70.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $118.37 $8.79 – $71.64
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $8.79 – $32.89

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