Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson
2051 Hamill Road, Hixson, TN · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083778633
$2,479.89
Cash price 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.
$8,378.00
Gross charge 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.
$315.33 with United vs $5,864.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|TennCare | $315.33 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - ND | Medicare|All Plans | $332.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Medicare|Healthspring | $335.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|HMO | $339.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $342.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|PPO | $351.90 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Other Plans | $351.90 | ↓ -86% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $508.74 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network S | $536.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $561.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Open Access | $561.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $601.43 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - TN | Commercial|Network P | $677.21 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $859.16 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options | $859.16 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - TN | Medicaid|BlueCare | $1,049.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Peach State | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,675.60 | ↓ -32% |
| Alliant Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,787.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,422.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Health One Alliance | Commercial|All Plans | $2,459.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,026.80 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $5,864.60 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $5,864.60 | ↑ +136% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,553.91 | $297.06 – $981.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $3,543.90 | $315.33 – $5,864.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,592.39 | $264.35 – $981.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,592.39 | $264.35 – $1,057.38 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,516.56 | $264.35 – $1,339.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,516.56 | $297.06 – $1,015.14 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $297.06 – $981.30 |