Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 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

$1,839.94

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.

$6,216.00

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.

$167.00 with BCBS - TN vs $4,351.20 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
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $448.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $986.87 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|TennCare $1,024.00 ↓ -44%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $1,243.20 ↓ -32%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $1,606.54 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,621.99 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,637.43 ↓ -11%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,652.88 ↓ -10%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $1,679.00 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare|PPO $1,699.22 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,699.22 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,782.00 ↓ -3%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,791.86 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $2,194.00 ↑ +19%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↑ +20%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $2,360.00 ↑ +28%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,469.90 ↑ +34%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,904.13 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Options $3,462.00 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|Non-Options $3,462.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,351.20 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,351.20 ↑ +136%

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Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,404.29 $1,185.00 – $1,534.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,629.37 $1,305.36 – $4,351.20
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,860.63 $527.56 – $1,246.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,860.63 $527.56 – $1,246.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,739.00 $527.56 – $1,246.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,860.63 $1,185.00 – $1,636.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $1,185.00 – $1,246.50

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