Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$161.62

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.

$546.00

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.

$79.50 with Peach State vs $7,669.00 with Health One Alliance — 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 $79.50 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $100.70 ↓ -38%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $106.00 ↓ -34%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $106.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.88 ↓ -13%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $144.08 ↓ -11%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $146.87 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare|HMO $148.27 ↓ -8%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $149.67 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $153.87 ↓ -5%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $227.91 ↑ +41%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $239.19 ↑ +48%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $342.53 ↑ +112%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $342.53 ↑ +112%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $349.44 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $429.30 ↑ +166%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $429.30 ↑ +166%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $429.30 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|Non-Options $479.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Options $479.00 ↑ +196%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $5,079.00 ↑ +3043%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5,206.00 ↑ +3121%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $6,047.00 ↑ +3641%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $7,669.00 ↑ +4645%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $906.75 $130.69 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $906.75 $129.52 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $906.75 $130.69 – $2,665.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $906.75 $112.76 – $693.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $906.75 $130.69 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $906.75 $130.69 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $906.75 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $906.75 $129.06 – $2,665.00

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