Shigella 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

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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.

$18.36 with Bcbs vs $51.90 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $18.36 —
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $20.81 —
Cigna Hmo/Pos $24.48 —
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.48 —
Bcbs Hmo $24.48 —
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $24.48 —
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $24.48 —
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.72 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.97 —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.21 —
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.70 —
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.95 —
Oscar Health Exchange $33.44 —
Kaiser Hmo $34.79 —
Aetna Exchange $36.72 —
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $44.06 —
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $51.90 —

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Shigella antibody at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta not published $18.36 – $36.72
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta not published $18.36 – $51.90
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $23.10 – $45.29
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $23.10 – $45.29
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $23.10 – $45.29
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $16.59 – $47.98
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $23.10 – $45.29
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $23.10 – $45.29

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