Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$143.86

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.

$486.00

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.

$63.21 with Wellcare vs $393.66 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
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $63.21 ↓ -56%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $63.21 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $63.21 ↓ -56%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $63.21 ↓ -56%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $85.10 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $85.10 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Options $85.10 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Non-Options $85.10 ↓ -41%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $87.65 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $89.36 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|HMO $90.21 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $91.06 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $93.61 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $127.65 ↓ -11%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $145.52 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $186.59 ↑ +30%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $204.32 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $207.80 ↑ +44%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $257.72 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $393.66 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $393.66 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $393.66 ↑ +174%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $512.85 $85.10 – $157.44
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $512.85 $85.10 – $157.44
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $512.85 $85.10 – $157.44
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $512.85 $85.10 – $265.53
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $512.85 $85.10 – $157.44
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $512.85 $85.10 – $157.44
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $512.85 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $512.85 $85.10 – $166.80

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