Decompression fasct forearm 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

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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.

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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.

$3,295.00 with Aetna vs $15,624.90 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
Aetna Exchange $3,295.00 —
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $3,826.00 —
Kaiser Hmo $4,743.00 —
Cigna Hmo/Pos $4,797.00 —
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,345.54 —
Humana Hmo/Pos $5,345.54 —
Oscar Health Exchange $5,611.00 —
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $6,156.44 —
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $6,689.00 —
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,370.23 —
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,443.94 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,517.64 —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,591.34 —
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,738.75 —
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,812.45 —
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $7,870.00 —
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $8,824.84 —
Bcbs Hmo $10,006.92 —
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $15,624.90 —

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Decompression fasct forearm at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta not published $3,295.00 – $7,870.00
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta not published $3,295.00 – $15,624.90
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold $6,983.24 $3,538.80 – $19,109.52
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $1,694.00 – $13,634.93
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $1,694.00 – $13,512.32
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $1,694.00 – $13,634.93
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $1,694.00 – $12,463.16
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $1,694.00 – $13,634.93

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