Lsh w/t/o ut 250 g or less 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

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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.

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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.

$5,730.00 with Aetna vs $22,889.35 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
Aetna Exchange $5,730.00 —
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $6,309.89 —
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $6,654.00 —
Oscar Health Exchange $7,118.00 —
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $7,797.00 —
Kaiser Hmo $7,798.00 —
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $9,038.79 —
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $9,172.00 —
Humana Hmo/Pos $10,227.73 —
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,227.73 —
Bcbs Hmo $10,249.52 —
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,796.86 —
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,904.83 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,012.80 —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,120.77 —
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,336.71 —
Cigna Hmo/Pos $11,385.00 —
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,444.68 —
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $22,889.35 —

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Lsh w/t/o ut 250 g or less at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta not published $5,730.00 – $11,385.00
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta not published $5,730.00 – $22,889.35
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $6,760.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $6,760.00 – $19,794.58
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $6,760.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $4,035.00 – $18,257.63
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $6,760.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $6,760.00 – $19,974.20

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