Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$93.54

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.

$316.00

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.

$6.85 with Wellcare vs $375.17 with BCBS - GA — 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $6.85 ↓ -93%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $6.85 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $6.85 ↓ -93%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $6.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $35.09 ↓ -62%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $44.27 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $64.81 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $72.17 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Non-Options $143.50 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Options $143.50 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $153.20 ↑ +64%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $157.80 ↑ +69%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $160.86 ↑ +72%
Humana Medicare|HMO $162.39 ↑ +74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $163.92 ↑ +75%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $168.52 ↑ +80%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $249.21 ↑ +166%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $255.96 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $255.96 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $255.96 ↑ +174%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $261.97 ↑ +180%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $375.17 ↑ +301%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $375.17 ↑ +301%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $231.27 $28.51 – $320.14
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $231.27 $28.51 – $317.26
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $231.27 $28.51 – $320.14
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $231.27 $19.18 – $292.62
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $231.27 $28.51 – $320.14
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $231.27 $28.51 – $320.14
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $231.27 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $231.27 $28.51 – $334.93

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