Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$48.25

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.

$163.00

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.

$0.65 with Alliant Health vs $3,196.00 with Health One Alliance — 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
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $16.10 ↓ -67%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $105.95 ↑ +120%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $114.10 ↑ +136%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $120.09 ↑ +149%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $121.24 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $122.25 ↑ +153%
Humana Medicare|HMO $122.40 ↑ +154%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $123.55 ↑ +156%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $127.02 ↑ +163%
Humana Medicare|PPO $127.02 ↑ +163%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↑ +246%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↑ +350%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $217.08 ↑ +350%
United Medicaid|TennCare $229.00 ↑ +375%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $242.00 ↑ +402%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $244.01 ↑ +406%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $298.00 ↑ +518%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,023.00 ↑ +2020%
United Commercial|Options $1,023.00 ↑ +2020%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↑ +4468%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $3,196.00 ↑ +6524%

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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $16.10 – $114.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $59.42 $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $10.82 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $45.00 – $2,225.50

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