Transferrin 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

$29.90

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.

$101.00

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.

$12.76 with United vs $81.81 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
United Commercial|Non-Options $12.76 ↓ -57%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $12.76 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.76 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Options $12.76 ↓ -57%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $13.14 ↓ -56%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $13.40 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|HMO $13.53 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.65 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $14.04 ↓ -53%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -40%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $19.14 ↓ -36%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $21.82 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $27.78 ↓ -7%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $30.17 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $30.93 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $38.05 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $81.81 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.81 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $81.81 ↑ +174%

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Transferrin at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $159.12 $12.76 – $23.61
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $159.12 $12.76 – $23.61
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $159.12 $12.76 – $23.61
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $159.12 $12.76 – $40.03
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $159.12 $12.76 – $23.61
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $159.12 $12.76 – $23.61
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $159.12 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $159.12 $12.76 – $25.01

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →