Foot X-ray (2 views, both feet) 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

$351.00

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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.

$351.00

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.

$31.40 with Aetna vs $199.53 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 $31.40 ↓ -91%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $31.41 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $31.62 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Hmo $34.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $37.69 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $39.37 ↓ -89%
Oscar Health Exchange $39.99 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.82 ↓ -87%
Humana Hmo/Pos $44.82 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Hmo $46.28 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.39 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $90.16 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.04 ↓ -74%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $92.81 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.70 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $187.39 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $199.53 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $199.53 ↓ -43%

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Foot X-ray (2 views, both feet) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $351.00 $31.40 – $199.53
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $351.00 $31.40 – $199.53
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $185.64 $32.09 – $163.53
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $185.64 $32.09 – $162.06
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $185.64 $32.09 – $163.53
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $185.64 $37.97 – $149.47
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $185.64 $32.09 – $163.53
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $185.64 $32.09 – $163.53

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