Artery x-rays lungs 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

$1,609.06

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.

$5,436.00

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.

$161.36 with Cigna vs $6,890.90 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
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $161.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $169.61 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $179.70 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $213.94 ↓ -87%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $227.67 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options $306.00 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options $306.00 ↓ -81%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $815.40 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,032.84 ↓ -36%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $1,087.20 ↓ -32%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,087.20 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,813.99 ↑ +75%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $2,898.41 ↑ +80%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $2,954.69 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare|HMO $2,982.83 ↑ +85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,010.97 ↑ +87%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $3,095.39 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,403.16 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,403.16 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,403.16 ↑ +174%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $4,650.65 ↑ +189%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,811.92 ↑ +199%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $6,890.90 ↑ +328%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,890.90 ↑ +328%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,879.77
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,933.13
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,423.24
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,392.61 $202.63 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,392.61 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,392.61 $202.63 – $6,207.38

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