Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody 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

$949.00

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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.

$949.00

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.

$13.80 with Bcbs vs $39.01 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 $13.80 ↓ -99%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $15.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $18.40 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.40 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Hmo $18.40 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $18.40 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $18.40 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.95 ↓ -98%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.32 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.50 ↓ -98%
Oscar Health Exchange $25.13 ↓ -97%
Aetna Exchange $27.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $33.12 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $39.01 ↓ -96%

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Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $949.00 $13.80 – $27.60
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $949.00 $13.80 – $39.01
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $224.64 $18.40 – $34.04
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $224.64 $18.40 – $34.04
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $224.64 $18.40 – $34.04
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $224.64 $18.40 – $36.06
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $224.64 $18.40 – $34.04
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $224.64 $18.40 – $34.04

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