Phys blood bank serv authrj 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

$46.00

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.

$46.00

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.

$35.49 with Bcbs vs $112.21 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 $35.49 ↓ -23%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $40.22 ↓ -13%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $47.32 ↑ +3%
Bcbs Hmo $47.32 ↑ +3%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $49.47 ↑ +8%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $49.47 ↑ +8%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $52.93 ↑ +15%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $53.46 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $53.99 ↑ +17%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $54.52 ↑ +19%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.58 ↑ +21%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $56.11 ↑ +22%
Oscar Health Exchange $64.40 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Hmo $67.26 ↑ +46%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $112.21 ↑ +144%

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Phys blood bank serv authrj at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $46.00 $35.49 – $67.26
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $46.00 $35.49 – $112.21
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $46.00 $35.49 – $112.21
Emory University Hospital Ne $46.00 $35.49 – $110.81
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $46.00 $35.49 – $110.81
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $46.00 $64.40 – $64.40
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $46.00 $35.49 – $110.81
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $19.80 – $97.92

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