Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$13,053.60

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.

$44,100.00

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.

$6,615.00 with Peach State vs $38,280.59 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 $6,615.00 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $8,379.00 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $8,820.00 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $8,820.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $15,435.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15,632.38 ↑ +20%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $16,101.35 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $16,414.00 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare|HMO $16,570.32 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $16,726.65 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $17,195.62 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $17,640.00 ↑ +35%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $19,845.00 ↑ +52%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $26,303.54 ↑ +102%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $26,460.00 ↑ +103%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $26,731.37 ↑ +105%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $28,224.00 ↑ +116%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $30,870.00 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35,721.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35,721.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35,721.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $38,280.59 ↑ +193%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $38,280.59 ↑ +193%

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