Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study 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

$1,044.29

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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.

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.

$3,528.00

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.

$705.60 with Peach State vs $2,862.43 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $705.60 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|TennCare $839.59 ↓ -20%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $1,216.20 ↑ +16%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,227.89 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,239.59 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,251.28 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,286.36 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|PPO $1,286.36 ↑ +23%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $1,292.95 ↑ +24%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $1,794.85 ↑ +72%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,116.80 ↑ +103%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,198.51 ↑ +111%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $2,263.96 ↑ +117%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,442.00 ↑ +134%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,466.85 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $2,469.60 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $2,469.60 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $2,836.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options $2,862.43 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,862.43 ↑ +174%

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Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $734.81 $635.63 – $3,580.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,492.35 $740.88 – $2,469.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $513.30 – $3,581.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $513.30 – $3,581.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $513.30 – $3,581.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $716.64 – $3,581.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $769.60 – $3,581.20

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