Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$8,097.13

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.

$27,355.15

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.

$2.61 with Aetna vs $4,659.92 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
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.61 ↓ -100%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $2.69 ↓ -100%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $2.74 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|HMO $2.77 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2.79 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $2.87 ↓ -100%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $2.93 ↓ -100%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $2.97 ↓ -100%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.97 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $2.98 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $3.12 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $3.47 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $3.47 ↓ -100%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4.46 ↓ -100%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $862.95 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,093.07 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,150.60 ↓ -86%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $1,150.60 ↓ -86%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,588.85 ↓ -68%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,451.79 ↓ -57%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $3,681.91 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,027.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,659.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,659.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,659.92 ↓ -42%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Gordon Calhoun $30,299.61 not published
Adventhealth Redmond Rome $35,108.74 $2.93 – $8.13
Adventhealth Murray Po Box 1406 $30,299.61 not published
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $2.93 – $8.69
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $2.93 – $8.69
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $2.93 – $8.69
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $2.93 – $5.73
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $2.93 – $8.69

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