CT scan for therapy guide 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

$330.64

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.

$1,117.00

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.

$152.51 with BCBS - TN vs $904.77 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
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $152.51 ↓ -54%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $167.55 ↓ -49%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $171.42 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $192.60 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $212.23 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $223.40 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $223.40 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $536.16 ↑ +62%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $625.52 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options $743.00 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|Options $743.00 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $904.77 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $904.77 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $904.77 ↑ +174%

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CT scan for therapy guide at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $840.06 $173.14 – $254.04
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $840.06 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $840.06 $134.22 – $173.14

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