MRI w/cont, breast, uni 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

$4,022.00

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.

$4,022.00

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.

$178.16 with Devoted Health vs $965.00 with Aetna — 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
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.16 ↓ -96%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $179.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $181.72 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $183.50 ↓ -95%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $187.06 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.85 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $377.69 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $455.55 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $455.55 ↓ -89%
Aetna Exchange $628.00 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Hmo $828.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $965.00 ↓ -76%

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MRI w/cont, breast, uni at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $4,022.00 $173.28 – $828.00
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $4,022.00 $178.16 – $828.00
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,423.11 $178.16 – $329.59
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,423.11 $176.56 – $326.63
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,423.11 $178.16 – $329.59
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $1,423.11 $153.71 – $635.41
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,423.11 $178.16 – $329.59
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,423.11 $178.16 – $329.59

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