Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$129.00

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.

$129.00

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.

$7.02 with Bcbs vs $19.84 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $7.02 ↓ -95%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $7.96 ↓ -94%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $9.36 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.36 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Hmo $9.36 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $9.36 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $9.36 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.45 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.55 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.64 ↓ -93%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.83 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $9.92 ↓ -92%
Oscar Health Exchange $12.78 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Hmo $13.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna Exchange $14.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $16.85 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $19.84 ↓ -85%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $129.00 $7.02 – $14.04
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

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