Design mlc device for imrt 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

$178.49

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.

$603.00

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.

$90.45 with Peach State vs $801.46 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 $90.45 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $114.57 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $120.60 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $120.60 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $327.28 ↑ +83%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $337.10 ↑ +89%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $343.64 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare|HMO $346.92 ↑ +94%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $350.19 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $360.01 ↑ +102%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $439.54 ↑ +146%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $488.43 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $488.43 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $488.43 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $520.28 ↑ +191%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $539.11 ↑ +202%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $554.42 ↑ +211%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $559.65 ↑ +214%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $579.41 ↑ +225%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $688.23 ↑ +286%
United Commercial|Non-Options $743.00 ↑ +316%
United Commercial|Options $743.00 ↑ +316%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $801.46 ↑ +349%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $801.46 ↑ +349%

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Design mlc device for imrt at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $4,659.72 $376.89 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $4,659.72 $328.12 – $662.68
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $4,659.72 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $4,659.72 $375.56 – $1,023.44

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