Venous sampling s&i 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

$869.06

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.

$2,936.00

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.

$159.42 with BCBS - TN vs $11,834.84 with BCBS - GA — 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
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network S $159.42 ↓ -82%
Employers Health Network Commercial|All Plans $159.57 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $176.32 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Open Access $196.35 ↓ -77%
BCBS - TN Commercial|Network P $201.09 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Options $306.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options $306.00 ↓ -65%
Peach State Medicaid|All Plans $440.40 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $557.84 ↓ -36%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $587.20 ↓ -32%
CareSource Medicaid|All Plans $587.20 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,378.16 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,378.16 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,378.16 ↑ +174%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,832.91 ↑ +456%
BCBS - GA Medicare|BlueCare $4,977.90 ↑ +473%
Cigna Medicare|Healthspring $5,074.56 ↑ +484%
Humana Medicare|HMO $5,122.88 ↑ +489%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,171.21 ↑ +495%
Humana Medicare|All Other Plans $5,316.20 ↑ +512%
BCBS - GA Commercial|Pathway $8,017.88 ↑ +823%
Centene Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8,264.28 ↑ +851%
BCBS - GA Commercial|HMO $11,834.84 ↑ +1262%
BCBS - GA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,834.84 ↑ +1262%

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Venous sampling s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,456.06
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,362.03
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,456.06
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $2,944.11 $211.63 – $9,557.47
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,456.06
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,456.06
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $2,944.11 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $2,944.11 $211.63 – $10,939.38

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