Prgrmg eval implantable dfb 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

$26.64

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.

$90.00

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.

$18.00 with Peach State vs $750.00 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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|TennCare $24.61 ↓ -8%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $34.74 ↑ +30%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $35.07 ↑ +32%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $35.23 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare|HMO $35.40 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $35.74 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $36.74 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|PPO $36.74 ↑ +38%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $57.60 ↑ +116%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $62.79 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $63.00 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $63.00 ↑ +136%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $81.33 ↑ +205%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $110.60 ↑ +315%
United Commercial|Non-Options $750.00 ↑ +2715%
United Commercial|Options $750.00 ↑ +2715%

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $107.28 $23.67 – $55.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.07 $18.90 – $63.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $107.28 $23.67 – $55.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $17.24 – $55.18
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $17.24 – $55.18
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $17.24 – $55.18
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $44.14 – $55.18

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