Esophagoscop stent placement 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

$6,375.00

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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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$6,375.00

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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.

$3,295.00 with Aetna vs $13,072.54 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
Aetna Exchange $3,295.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $3,826.00 ↓ -40%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $4,419.21 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Hmo $4,743.00 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Exchange $5,611.00 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,166.29 ↓ -3%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,227.96 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,289.62 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,351.28 ↓ -0%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $6,409.58 ↑ +1%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,474.61 ↑ +2%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,536.27 ↑ +3%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $6,689.00 ↑ +5%
Bcbs Hmo $7,268.12 ↑ +14%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $7,870.00 ↑ +23%
Humana Hmo/Pos $8,364.54 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,364.54 ↑ +31%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $11,385.00 ↑ +79%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $13,072.54 ↑ +105%

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Esophagoscop stent placement at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $11,385.00
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $13,072.54
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $13,072.54
Emory University Hospital Ne $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $12,909.23
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $12,909.23
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $6,375.00 $5,611.00 – $5,611.00
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $6,375.00 $3,295.00 – $12,909.23
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $4,714.00 – $11,407.64

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →