Blood typing abo 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

$8.59

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.

$29.00

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.

$2.99 with United vs $217.08 with Centene — 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|Non-Options $2.99 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options $2.99 ↓ -65%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $3.75 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3.75 ↓ -56%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4.49 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $6.41 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $7.14 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $7.16 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $9.04 ↑ +5%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $11.27 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $20.30 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $20.30 ↑ +136%
United Medicaid|TennCare $49.66 ↑ +478%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $120.09 ↑ +1298%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $121.24 ↑ +1311%
Humana Medicare|HMO $122.40 ↑ +1325%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $123.55 ↑ +1338%
Humana Medicare|PPO $127.02 ↑ +1379%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $127.02 ↑ +1379%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $217.08 ↑ +2427%

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Blood typing abo at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $83.03 $2.69 – $172.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $12.27 $2.99 – $20.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $83.03 $2.69 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $83.03 $2.69 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $83.03 $2.69 – $170.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $83.03 $2.69 – $172.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $2.69 – $11.28

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