Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$28.42

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.

$96.00

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.

$11.19 with Wellcare vs $77.76 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $11.19 ↓ -61%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $11.19 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $11.19 ↓ -61%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $11.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $11.54 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Options $11.54 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Non-Options $11.54 ↓ -59%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $11.89 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $12.12 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|HMO $12.23 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $12.69 ↓ -55%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $17.31 ↓ -39%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $19.73 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $22.79 ↓ -20%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $24.46 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $25.38 ↓ -11%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $30.86 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.76 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $77.76 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $77.76 ↑ +174%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $66.30 $11.54 – $31.86
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $66.30 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $66.30 $11.54 – $22.62

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