Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at Wellstar MCG Health

1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,637.18

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.

$6,762.00

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.

$188.75 with Cigna vs $10,066.45 with Bcbs — 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
Cigna Hmo $188.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna Ppo $188.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $466.09 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $842.10 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,766.96 ↑ +5%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,822.30 ↑ +7%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,877.64 ↑ +9%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,905.31 ↑ +10%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $2,943.06 ↑ +12%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,960.64 ↑ +12%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $3,182.00 ↑ +21%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,597.05 ↑ +36%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $3,613.15 ↑ +37%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,150.44 ↑ +57%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $4,703.83 ↑ +78%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $4,842.18 ↑ +84%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $5,118.87 ↑ +94%
Caresource Exchange $5,423.24 ↑ +106%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $7,808.67 ↑ +196%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $10,066.45 ↑ +282%

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $2,637.18 $188.75 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $2,637.18 $188.75 – $5,879.77
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $2,637.18 $188.75 – $5,933.13
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $2,637.18 $188.75 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $2,637.18 $188.75 – $5,933.13
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $2,637.18 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $2,637.18 $188.75 – $6,207.38
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $2,637.18 $188.75 – $8,997.17

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