Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1679664395
$455.00
Cash price 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.
$455.00
Gross charge 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.
$34.34 with Aetna vs $280.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Exchange | $34.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $34.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $34.58 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $37.88 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $41.21 | ↓ -91% |
| Bcbs | Hpn Other Commercial Plan | $43.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $43.73 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $49.80 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $49.80 | ↓ -89% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $50.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $106.19 | ↓ -77% |
| Bcbs | Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan | $107.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $108.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $109.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $111.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $112.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $225.12 | ↓ -51% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan | $280.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $280.20 | ↓ -38% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (2 views) at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Emory Rehabilitation Hospital | Atlanta | $455.00 | $34.34 – $280.20 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | Atlanta | $455.00 | $34.34 – $280.20 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $324.48 | $52.31 – $196.45 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $324.48 | $52.31 – $194.68 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $324.48 | $52.31 – $196.45 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $324.48 | $49.23 – $179.57 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $324.48 | $52.31 – $196.45 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $324.48 | $52.31 – $196.45 |