Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$10,578.36

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$27,124.00

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.

$4,035.00 with The Care Network vs $23,133.74 with Bcbs — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↓ -62%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $4,080.60 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,358.75 ↓ -40%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,485.93 ↓ -39%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,613.10 ↓ -37%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,676.69 ↓ -37%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,760.00 ↓ -36%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,803.87 ↓ -36%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $7,312.57 ↓ -31%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,266.38 ↓ -22%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $10,809.88 ↑ +2%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $11,127.82 ↑ +5%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $11,282.00 ↑ +7%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $11,763.69 ↑ +11%
Caresource Exchange $12,463.16 ↑ +18%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $17,945.13 ↑ +70%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $20,361.00 ↑ +92%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $23,133.74 ↑ +119%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $10,578.36 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $15,026.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $10,578.36 $6,760.00 – $20,193.44

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