Blood typing abo 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

$8.59

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.

$29.00

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.

$2.99 with United vs $282.21 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
United Commercial|Options $2.99 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2.99 ↓ -65%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -51%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -51%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -51%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4.49 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $6.41 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $7.14 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $7.16 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $9.04 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.49 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.49 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.49 ↑ +173%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $115.24 ↑ +1242%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $118.70 ↑ +1282%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $121.00 ↑ +1309%
Humana Medicare|HMO $122.15 ↑ +1322%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $123.31 ↑ +1336%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $126.76 ↑ +1376%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $186.37 ↑ +2070%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $197.06 ↑ +2194%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $282.21 ↑ +3185%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $282.21 ↑ +3185%

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Blood typing abo at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $98.67 $5.22 – $250.01
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $98.67 $5.22 – $247.76
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $98.67 $5.22 – $250.01
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $98.67 $3.75 – $228.52
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $98.67 $5.22 – $250.01
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $98.67 $5.22 – $250.01
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $98.67 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $98.67 $5.22 – $261.56

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