Fibrin degradation products 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

$8.88

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.

$30.00

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.

$6.13 with United vs $21.00 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 $6.13 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Non-Options $6.89 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Options $6.89 ↓ -22%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $7.17 ↓ -19%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $7.23 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|HMO $7.30 ↓ -18%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.37 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $7.58 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|PPO $7.58 ↓ -15%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $8.66 ↓ -2%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $8.66 ↓ -2%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $10.34 ↑ +16%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $12.95 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $14.96 ↑ +68%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $16.54 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $16.66 ↑ +88%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $19.90 ↑ +124%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $20.87 ↑ +135%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $21.00 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $21.00 ↑ +136%

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Fibrin degradation products at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $12.69 $6.13 – $21.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $111.41 $4.83 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $111.41 $4.83 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $111.41 $4.83 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $111.41 $6.20 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.48 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $6.20 – $27.07

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