Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$33.93

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.

$87.00

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.

$17.93 with Aetna vs $54.63 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.93 ↓ -47%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.29 ↓ -46%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.65 ↓ -45%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.83 ↓ -45%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $19.19 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $19.93 ↓ -41%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $20.62 ↓ -39%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $23.31 ↓ -31%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $24.46 ↓ -28%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $26.90 ↓ -21%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $28.56 ↓ -16%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $30.48 ↓ -10%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $31.38 ↓ -8%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $33.17 ↓ -2%
Caresource Exchange $35.14 ↑ +4%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $42.57 ↑ +25%
Cigna Ppo $50.60 ↑ +49%
Cigna Hmo $50.60 ↑ +49%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $54.63 ↑ +61%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $33.93 $17.93 – $33.17
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $33.93 $17.93 – $33.17
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $33.93 $17.93 – $33.17
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $33.93 $17.93 – $33.17
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $33.93 $17.93 – $33.17
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $33.93 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $33.93 $17.93 – $35.14
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $33.93 $26.57 – $62.04

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