Fetal hemoglobin rosette at Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
1441 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1548698723
$129.00
Cash price 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.
$129.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.02 with Bcbs vs $14.04 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $7.02 | ↓ -95% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $9.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $9.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $9.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $9.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $12.78 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $13.30 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Exchange | $14.04 | ↓ -89% |
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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta | $129.00 | $7.02 – $19.84 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | Atlanta | $129.00 | $7.02 – $19.84 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $86.58 | $9.36 – $17.32 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $86.58 | $9.36 – $17.32 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $86.58 | $9.36 – $17.32 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $86.58 | $8.33 – $20.43 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $86.58 | $9.36 – $17.32 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $86.58 | $9.36 – $17.32 |