Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia

4710 Battlefield Pkwy, Ringgold, GA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356860621

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,183.71

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.

$3,999.00

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.

$216.11 with Aetna vs $3,239.19 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $216.11 ↓ -82%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $222.59 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $226.92 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|HMO $229.08 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $231.24 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $237.72 ↓ -80%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $314.12 ↓ -73%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $357.51 ↓ -70%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $369.55 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $508.81 ↓ -57%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $529.20 ↓ -55%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $529.20 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $561.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $561.00 ↓ -53%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $599.85 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $642.59 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $759.81 ↓ -36%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $799.80 ↓ -32%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $799.80 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,181.00 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Options $1,181.00 ↓ -0%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $1,787.00 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,399.40 ↑ +103%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,422.00 ↑ +105%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $2,459.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,239.19 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,239.19 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,239.19 ↑ +174%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,883.70 $242.35 – $448.35
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,883.70 $240.17 – $444.32
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,883.70 $242.35 – $448.35
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $1,883.70 $209.09 – $597.27
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,883.70 $242.35 – $448.35
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,883.70 $242.35 – $448.35
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,883.70 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,883.70 $239.32 – $469.07

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →