Contrast x-ray of ankle at Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree St Ne, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1144203563
$1,020.00
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.
$1,020.00
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.
$148.44 with Aetna vs $954.63 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 | $148.44 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $148.44 | ↓ -85% |
| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $149.43 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $163.71 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $178.13 | ↓ -83% |
| Bcbs | Hpn Other Commercial Plan | $186.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $188.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $218.70 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $219.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $354.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Bcbs | Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan | $357.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $361.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $364.99 | ↓ -64% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $372.07 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $375.62 | ↓ -63% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $751.23 | ↓ -26% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan | $954.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $954.63 | ↓ -6% |
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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Emory Rehabilitation Hospital | Atlanta | $1,020.00 | $148.44 – $954.63 |
| Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta | $1,020.00 | $148.44 – $954.63 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $263.25 | $176.49 – $655.56 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $263.25 | $176.49 – $649.66 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $263.25 | $176.49 – $655.56 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $263.25 | $157.32 – $599.22 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $263.25 | $176.49 – $655.56 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $263.25 | $176.49 – $655.56 |