Brachy source i-125 injection 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

$19.54

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.

$66.00

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.

$9.90 with Peach State vs $81.09 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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $9.90 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.54 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $23.10 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $26.40 ↑ +35%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $29.70 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.12 ↑ +69%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $34.11 ↑ +75%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $34.78 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare|HMO $35.11 ↑ +80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $35.44 ↑ +81%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $36.43 ↑ +86%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $39.60 ↑ +103%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $42.24 ↑ +116%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $46.20 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.46 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.46 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $53.46 ↑ +174%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $56.64 ↑ +190%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $63.97 ↑ +227%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $81.09 ↑ +315%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $81.09 ↑ +315%

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