Contour cranial bone lesion 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

$15,440.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$15,440.00

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.

$3,895.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $12,747.24 with Ambetter Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $3,895.00 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $4,419.21 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health Exchange $4,557.00 ↓ -70%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $4,581.00 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,012.85 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,072.98 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,133.11 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Hmo $6,187.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,193.24 ↓ -60%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,313.49 ↓ -59%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,373.62 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $6,409.58 ↓ -58%
Bcbs Hmo $7,268.12 ↓ -53%
Aetna Exchange $8,192.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $9,512.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,227.73 ↓ -34%
Humana Hmo/Pos $10,227.73 ↓ -34%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $10,726.00 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $12,747.24 ↓ -17%

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Contour cranial bone lesion at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $15,440.00 $4,419.21 – $10,726.00
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $15,440.00 $3,895.00 – $12,747.24
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $15,440.00 $3,895.00 – $12,747.24
Emory University Hospital Ne $15,440.00 $3,895.00 – $12,588.00
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $15,440.00 $3,895.00 – $12,588.00
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $15,440.00 $4,557.00 – $4,557.00
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $15,440.00 $3,895.00 – $12,588.00
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $3,721.00 – $11,123.77

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