Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$147.41

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.

$498.00

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.

$63.19 with BCBS - TN vs $368.00 with United — 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 Medicaid|BlueCare $63.19 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|TennCare $75.77 ↓ -49%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $99.60 ↓ -32%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $106.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $134.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $196.28 ↑ +33%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $198.17 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|HMO $200.05 ↑ +36%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $201.94 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $207.60 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|PPO $207.60 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $348.60 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $348.60 ↑ +136%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $354.81 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Non-Options $368.00 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|Options $368.00 ↑ +150%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $127.74 $42.46 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $210.66 $63.19 – $348.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $127.74 $42.46 – $282.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $87.00 – $87.00

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