_fragile x methylation-sendout 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

$53.28

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.

$180.00

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.

$44.89 with Aetna vs $273.06 with BCBS - TN — 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 $44.89 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Non-Options $44.89 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options $44.89 ↓ -16%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $44.89 ↓ -16%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $46.24 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $47.13 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|HMO $47.58 ↓ -11%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $48.03 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $49.38 ↓ -7%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $67.34 ↑ +26%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $76.76 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $88.31 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $98.35 ↑ +85%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $110.09 ↑ +107%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $110.09 ↑ +107%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $110.09 ↑ +107%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $110.09 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $145.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $145.80 ↑ +174%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $216.48 ↑ +306%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $273.06 ↑ +413%

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_fragile x methylation-sendout at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $74.49 $44.89 – $83.05
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $74.49 $44.89 – $83.05
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $74.49 $44.89 – $83.05
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $74.49 $40.40 – $87.98
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $74.49 $44.89 – $83.05
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $74.49 $44.89 – $83.05
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $74.49 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $74.49 $44.89 – $87.98

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