Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 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

$1,825.44

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$6,167.00

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 $4,316.90 with Multiplan — 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

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

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 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|TennCare $486.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $737.14 ↓ -60%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $1,233.40 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,331.00 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,338.86 ↓ -27%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $1,509.44 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,523.95 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,538.46 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,552.98 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,596.52 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|PPO $1,596.52 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,638.00 ↓ -10%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,317.00 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Options $2,317.00 ↑ +27%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,728.59 ↑ +49%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $3,196.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,316.90 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,316.90 ↑ +136%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,316.90 ↑ +136%

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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,288.76 $733.50 – $1,141.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,608.65 $1,295.07 – $4,316.90
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,288.76 $413.29 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,288.76 $413.29 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,288.76 $954.50 – $1,217.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $413.29 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $954.50 – $1,004.50

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