ER Visit (level 2) 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

$355.20

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$141.58 with Aetna vs $1,222.00 with Humana — 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 $141.58 ↓ -60%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $145.83 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $148.66 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|HMO $150.07 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $151.49 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $155.74 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $168.00 ↓ -53%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $180.00 ↓ -49%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $224.00 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $237.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $238.62 ↓ -33%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $240.00 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $240.00 ↓ -32%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $242.10 ↓ -32%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $346.69 ↓ -2%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $346.69 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $456.00 ↑ +28%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $479.98 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $508.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options $543.00 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Options $543.00 ↑ +53%
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $659.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $791.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $972.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $972.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $1,024.00 ↑ +188%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,222.00 ↑ +244%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $341.25 $155.96 – $288.52
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $341.25 $154.55 – $285.93
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $341.25 $155.96 – $288.52
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $341.25 $134.55 – $263.73
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $341.25 $155.96 – $288.52
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $341.25 $155.96 – $288.52
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $341.25 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $341.25 $154.01 – $301.86

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