Insert cath pleura with image 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

$1,384.99

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.

$4,679.00

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.

$0.65 with Alliant Health vs $3,789.99 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
Alliant Health Commercial|All Plans $0.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $167.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $217.00 ↓ -84%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $701.85 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $889.01 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $935.80 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $935.80 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Options $955.00 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Non-Options $955.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,331.00 ↓ -4%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,338.86 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,388.84 ↑ +0%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $1,430.51 ↑ +3%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,458.28 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,472.17 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,486.06 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,527.72 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $1,638.00 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,204.00 ↑ +59%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $2,336.70 ↑ +69%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,374.92 ↑ +71%
Health One Alliance Commercial|All Plans $3,196.00 ↑ +131%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,275.30 ↑ +136%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $3,400.99 ↑ +146%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,400.99 ↑ +146%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,789.99 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,789.99 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,789.99 ↑ +174%

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,542.37 $1,598.89 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,542.37 $1,584.51 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,542.37 $1,598.89 – $4,066.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $3,542.37 $1,379.46 – $2,703.74
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,542.37 $1,598.89 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,542.37 $1,598.89 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,542.37 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,542.37 $1,578.92 – $4,066.00

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