Fusion of knuckle joint at Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree St Ne, Atlanta, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1144203563
$4,862.00
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.
$4,862.00
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.
$2,572.00 with Aetna vs $7,870.00 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 | $2,572.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $2,987.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,323.41 | ↓ -32% |
| Bcbs | Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,356.65 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,389.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,423.12 | ↓ -30% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,489.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $3,514.53 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,522.82 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $3,590.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $3,925.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $4,840.09 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,840.09 | ↓ -0% |
| Bcbs | Hpn Other Commercial Plan | $5,153.08 | ↑ +6% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $5,611.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $5,843.31 | ↑ +20% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan | $6,689.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $7,045.64 | ↑ +45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $7,870.00 | ↑ +62% |
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Fusion of knuckle joint at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Emory Rehabilitation Hospital | Atlanta | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $7,870.00 |
| Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $7,045.64 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | Johns Creek | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $7,045.64 |
| Emory University Hospital | Ne | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $6,957.62 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | Decatur | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $6,957.62 |
| Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital | Decatur | $4,862.00 | $5,611.00 – $5,611.00 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | Lithonia | $4,862.00 | $2,572.00 – $6,957.62 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | not published | $1,308.00 – $8,448.00 |