Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br 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

$8,687.00

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.

$8,687.00

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.

$6,309.89 with Bcbs vs $24,858.25 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 $6,309.89 ↓ -27%
Oscar Health Exchange $7,823.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna Exchange $8,192.00 ↓ -6%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $9,038.79 ↑ +4%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $9,512.00 ↑ +9%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $9,932.00 ↑ +14%
Bcbs Hmo $10,249.52 ↑ +18%
Humana Hmo/Pos $11,403.39 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,403.39 ↑ +31%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $11,685.00 ↑ +35%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,725.59 ↑ +35%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,842.84 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,960.10 ↑ +38%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,077.36 ↑ +39%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,311.87 ↑ +42%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,429.12 ↑ +43%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $24,858.25 ↑ +186%

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Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $8,687.00 $6,309.89 – $11,685.00
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $8,687.00 $6,309.89 – $24,858.25
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $7,809.36 $9,000.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $7,809.36 $9,000.00 – $21,497.27
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $7,809.36 $9,000.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $7,809.36 $3,498.86 – $19,828.11
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $7,809.36 $9,000.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $7,809.36 $9,000.00 – $21,692.34

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