Fragmenting of kidney stone 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

$13,791.00

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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.

$13,791.00

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.

$3,514.53 with Bcbs vs $11,403.39 with Humana — 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 $3,514.53 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,580.37 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,616.17 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,651.98 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,687.78 ↓ -73%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,759.39 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,795.19 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Hmo $5,087.00 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $5,153.08 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Hmo $5,843.31 ↓ -58%
Oscar Health Exchange $7,118.00 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $7,590.38 ↓ -45%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $7,797.00 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $9,172.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Exchange $9,343.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $10,850.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $11,385.00 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,403.39 ↓ -17%
Humana Hmo/Pos $11,403.39 ↓ -17%

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $13,791.00 $3,287.90 – $11,403.39
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $13,791.00 $3,514.53 – $11,403.39
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $22,809.54 $3,580.37 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $22,809.54 $3,548.17 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $22,809.54 $3,580.37 – $15,026.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $22,809.54 $3,089.00 – $11,282.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $22,809.54 $3,580.37 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $22,809.54 $3,580.37 – $15,026.00

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →