Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$757.76

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.

$2,560.00

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.

$384.00 with Peach State vs $2,489.00 with United — 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 $384.00 ↓ -49%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $512.00 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $512.00 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $559.40 ↓ -26%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $659.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $753.33 ↓ -1%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $775.93 ↑ +2%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $791.00 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|HMO $798.53 ↑ +5%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $806.06 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $828.66 ↑ +9%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $1,164.00 ↑ +54%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,222.00 ↑ +61%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,288.19 ↑ +70%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $1,294.71 ↑ +71%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,313.00 ↑ +73%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,358.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $1,386.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,405.00 ↑ +85%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,566.00 ↑ +107%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $1,839.00 ↑ +143%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,844.75 ↑ +143%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $1,844.75 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,073.60 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,073.60 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,073.60 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Options $2,489.00 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|Non-Options $2,489.00 ↑ +228%

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $5,251.74 $839.01 – $1,552.17
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $5,251.74 $831.46 – $1,538.21
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $5,251.74 $839.01 – $1,552.17
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $5,251.74 $723.86 – $1,418.77
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $5,251.74 $839.01 – $1,552.17
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $5,251.74 $839.01 – $1,552.17
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $5,251.74 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $5,251.74 $828.53 – $1,623.91

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