Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at Emory University Hospital Midtown

550 Peachtree St Ne, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1144203563

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$263.00

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.

$263.00

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.

$38.48 with Bcbs vs $108.78 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 $38.48 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $43.61 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Hmo $51.31 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $51.31 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $51.31 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $51.31 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $51.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $52.34 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $52.85 ↓ -80%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $53.88 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $54.39 ↓ -79%
Oscar Health Exchange $70.08 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $108.78 ↓ -59%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $263.00 $38.48 – $70.08
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $263.00 $38.48 – $108.78
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $147.03 $51.31 – $94.92
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $147.03 $51.31 – $94.92
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $147.03 $51.31 – $94.92
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $147.03 $46.18 – $100.57
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $147.03 $51.31 – $94.92
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $147.03 $51.31 – $94.92

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