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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 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

$1,733.55

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.

$4,445.00

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.

$807.13 with Aetna vs $4,386.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $807.13 ↓ -53%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $823.28 ↓ -53%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $839.42 ↓ -52%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $847.49 ↓ -51%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $863.63 ↓ -50%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $928.20 ↓ -46%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,049.27 ↓ -39%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $1,210.70 ↓ -30%
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $1,308.00 ↓ -25%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $1,372.13 ↓ -21%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $1,412.48 ↓ -19%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $1,493.20 ↓ -14%
Caresource Exchange $1,581.98 ↓ -9%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $1,698.85 ↓ -2%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $2,277.82 ↑ +31%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $2,431.00 ↑ +40%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $2,936.43 ↑ +69%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,391.00 ↑ +96%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +153%

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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,733.55 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,733.55 $927.11 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,733.55 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,733.55 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,733.55 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,733.55 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,733.55 $923.84 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $1,733.55 $1,308.00 – $4,066.00

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