Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$38.19

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.

$129.00

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.

$17.03 with United vs $104.49 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
United Commercial|Non-Options $17.03 ↓ -55%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $17.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options $17.03 ↓ -55%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $17.54 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $17.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|HMO $18.05 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.22 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $18.73 ↓ -51%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $23.96 ↓ -37%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $23.96 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $23.96 ↓ -37%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $23.96 ↓ -37%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $25.55 ↓ -33%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $29.12 ↓ -24%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $35.89 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.03 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $41.24 ↑ +8%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $45.27 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $104.49 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $104.49 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $104.49 ↑ +174%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $48.75 $17.03 – $53.11
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $48.75 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $48.75 $17.03 – $33.38

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