Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$2,482.56

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.

$8,387.00

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.

$677.90 with United vs $5,870.90 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 $677.90 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options $800.00 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Non-Options $800.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS - TN Medicaid|BlueCare $1,077.07 ↓ -57%
BCBS - ND Medicare|All Plans $1,274.69 ↓ -49%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,286.94 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,299.20 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,311.46 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,348.23 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|PPO $1,348.23 ↓ -46%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $1,677.40 ↓ -32%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,304.24 ↓ -7%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $2,436.95 ↓ -2%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,655.44 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,984.01 ↑ +20%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $3,073.88 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $3,323.10 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $5,870.90 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $5,870.90 ↑ +136%

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $3,288.09 $723.69 – $4,177.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $3,547.71 $677.90 – $5,870.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $3,586.70 $723.69 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $1,633.86 – $4,177.58

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