An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$1,991.34

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.

$5,106.00

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.

$2,572.00 with Cigna vs $11,414.78 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 $2,572.00 ↑ +29%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $2,597.81 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,137.57 ↑ +58%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,200.32 ↑ +61%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,263.07 ↑ +64%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,294.45 ↑ +65%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,357.20 ↑ +69%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,391.00 ↑ +70%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $3,608.21 ↑ +81%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↑ +103%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,078.84 ↑ +105%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $4,719.00 ↑ +137%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $5,333.87 ↑ +168%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $5,490.75 ↑ +176%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $5,804.50 ↑ +191%
Caresource Exchange $6,149.64 ↑ +209%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $8,516.00 ↑ +328%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $8,854.58 ↑ +345%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $11,414.78 ↑ +473%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,991.34 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $1,991.34 $2,572.00 – $9,765.44

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →