Pet CT whole body initial 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

$2,254.04

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.

$7,615.00

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.

$1,142.25 with Peach State vs $6,168.15 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
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $1,142.25 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,304.04 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Non-Options $1,313.00 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Options $1,313.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $1,343.16 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $1,369.24 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|HMO $1,382.28 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,395.32 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $1,434.44 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,446.85 ↓ -36%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $1,523.00 ↓ -32%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,523.00 ↓ -32%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,229.91 ↓ -1%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $2,282.58 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,442.00 ↑ +8%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,466.85 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $2,836.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,193.33 ↑ +42%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $3,193.33 ↑ +42%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $3,589.73 ↑ +59%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $4,527.96 ↑ +101%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,569.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,168.15 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,168.15 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,168.15 ↑ +174%

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Pet CT whole body initial at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,529.11 $1,452.42 – $2,686.97
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,529.11 $1,439.36 – $2,662.81
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,529.11 $1,452.42 – $2,686.97
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $3,529.11 $1,253.09 – $2,456.06
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,529.11 $1,452.42 – $2,686.97
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,529.11 $1,452.42 – $2,686.97
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,529.11 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,529.11 $1,434.27 – $2,811.17

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