Biopsy thigh soft tissues 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

$1,232.84

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.

$4,165.00

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.

$167.00 with BCBS - TN vs $6,265.96 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
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -82%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $624.75 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $791.35 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $833.00 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $833.00 ↓ -32%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $1,252.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,331.00 ↑ +8%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,338.86 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,638.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,643.00 ↑ +33%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $1,753.00 ↑ +42%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,836.63 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,486.00 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Options $2,486.00 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,558.79 ↑ +108%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $2,635.55 ↑ +114%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $2,686.73 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare|HMO $2,712.32 ↑ +120%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,737.91 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2,814.67 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,373.65 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,373.65 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,373.65 ↑ +174%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $4,145.82 ↑ +236%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,375.53 ↑ +255%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $6,265.96 ↑ +408%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,265.96 ↑ +408%

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Biopsy thigh soft tissues at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $1,308.00 – $4,989.09
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin not published $1,308.00 – $6,179.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson not published $1,308.00 – $8,020.55

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