Bundled special stain group 2 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

$355.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$33.43 with Unitedhealthcare vs $286.49 with Ambetter Health — 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
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $33.43 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $33.43 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $52.43 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $59.42 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Hmo $69.91 ↓ -80%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $69.91 ↓ -80%
Oscar Health Exchange $95.71 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Hmo $99.36 ↓ -72%
Aetna Exchange $104.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $125.83 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $135.14 ↓ -62%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $136.49 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $137.84 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $139.19 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $141.90 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.25 ↓ -60%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $286.49 ↓ -19%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $355.00 $33.43 – $104.86
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $355.00 $33.43 – $286.49
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $199.29 $19.80 – $250.01
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $199.29 $19.80 – $247.76
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $199.29 $19.80 – $250.01
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $199.29 $13.74 – $228.52
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $199.29 $19.80 – $250.01
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $199.29 $19.80 – $250.01

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