Brain image w/flow 4 + views at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1679664395

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$2,967.00

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.

$2,967.00

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.

$399.97 with Aetna vs $1,179.95 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Aetna Exchange $399.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $399.98 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $402.64 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Hmo $441.12 ↓ -85%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $479.97 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $501.30 ↓ -83%
Oscar Health Exchange $509.19 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $551.50 ↓ -81%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $557.02 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $562.53 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $568.05 ↓ -81%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $579.08 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $584.59 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $585.42 ↓ -80%
Humana Hmo/Pos $585.42 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Hmo $589.30 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $1,169.18 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $1,179.95 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $1,179.95 ↓ -60%

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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $2,967.00 $399.97 – $1,179.95
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $2,967.00 $399.97 – $1,179.95
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,186.77 $551.50 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,186.77 $546.54 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,186.77 $551.50 – $1,111.74
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $1,186.77 $379.00 – $932.60
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,186.77 $551.50 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,186.77 $551.50 – $1,111.74

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