Cell function assay w/stim 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

$262.85

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.

$888.00

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.

$88.05 with Peach State vs $475.47 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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $88.05 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $111.53 ↓ -58%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $117.40 ↓ -55%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $117.40 ↓ -55%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $135.86 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.86 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Options $135.86 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Non-Options $135.86 ↓ -48%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $139.94 ↓ -47%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $142.65 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|HMO $144.01 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $145.37 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $149.45 ↓ -43%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $203.79 ↓ -22%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $232.32 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $297.70 ↑ +13%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $326.23 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $331.53 ↑ +26%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $411.50 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $475.47 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $475.47 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $475.47 ↑ +81%

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Cell function assay w/stim at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $191.10 $116.76 – $251.34
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $191.10 $116.76 – $251.34
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $191.10 $116.76 – $251.34
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $191.10 $87.57 – $424.04
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $191.10 $116.76 – $251.34
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $191.10 $116.76 – $251.34
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $191.10 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $191.10 $116.76 – $266.29

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