Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$459.69

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.

$1,553.00

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.

$0.65 with Alliant Health vs $3,196.00 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
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -53%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $232.95 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $295.07 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $310.60 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $310.60 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $547.27 ↑ +19%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $563.69 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $574.63 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|HMO $580.11 ↑ +26%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $585.58 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $602.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $916.34 ↑ +99%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $935.83 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options $955.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Non-Options $955.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,257.93 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,257.93 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,257.93 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,331.00 ↑ +190%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $1,340.15 ↑ +192%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,340.15 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,638.00 ↑ +256%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↑ +379%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $3,196.00 ↑ +595%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $995.28 $750.69 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $995.28 $743.94 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $995.28 $750.69 – $4,066.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $995.28 $647.66 – $2,572.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $995.28 $750.69 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $995.28 $750.69 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $995.28 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $995.28 $741.31 – $4,066.00

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