#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$213.72

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.

$548.00

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.

$35.09 with Aetna vs $109.48 with Cigna — 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 $35.09 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.79 ↓ -83%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $36.49 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $36.84 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.55 ↓ -82%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $40.35 ↓ -81%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $44.14 ↓ -79%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $45.62 ↓ -79%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $52.64 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $54.18 ↓ -75%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $59.65 ↓ -72%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $61.41 ↓ -71%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $63.26 ↓ -70%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $64.92 ↓ -70%
Caresource Exchange $68.78 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $83.31 ↓ -61%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $106.91 ↓ -50%
Cigna Ppo $109.48 ↓ -49%
Cigna Hmo $109.48 ↓ -49%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $213.72 $35.09 – $64.92
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $213.72 $35.09 – $64.92
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $213.72 $35.09 – $64.92
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $213.72 $35.09 – $64.92
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $213.72 $35.09 – $64.92
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $213.72 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $213.72 $35.09 – $68.78
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $213.72 $61.50 – $121.41

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →