Culture fungi definitive id mold 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

$31.68

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.

$107.00

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.

$9.17 with United vs $74.90 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
United Medicaid|TennCare $9.17 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options $10.32 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options $10.32 ↓ -67%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $10.73 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $10.84 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|HMO $10.94 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11.04 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $11.35 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|PPO $11.35 ↓ -64%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -59%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $15.48 ↓ -51%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $17.25 ↓ -46%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $19.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $22.79 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $24.80 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $25.38 ↓ -20%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $31.28 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $74.90 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $74.90 ↑ +136%

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Culture fungi definitive id mold at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $83.42 $3.72 – $39.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $45.27 $9.17 – $74.90
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $83.42 $7.24 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $83.42 $7.24 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $83.42 $7.24 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $83.42 $9.29 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $9.29 – $39.50

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