Basic vestibular evaluation at Wellstar MCG Health
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330
$187.20
Cash price 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.
$480.00
Gross charge 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.
$189.22 with Aetna vs $688.39 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $189.22 | ↑ +1% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $193.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Select Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $196.79 | ↑ +5% |
| Absolute Total Care | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $198.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Clover | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $202.46 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina Marketplace | Exchange | $217.60 | ↑ +16% |
| Centurion | Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan | $245.98 | ↑ +31% |
| The Care Network | All Commercial Plans | $283.83 | ↑ +52% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $321.67 | ↑ +72% |
| Naphcare | All Commercial Plans | $331.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Peachstate | Ambetter Exchange | $350.05 | ↑ +87% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $370.87 | ↑ +98% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos | $533.99 | ↑ +185% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Ppo | $688.39 | ↑ +268% |
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Basic vestibular evaluation at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $187.20 | $219.32 – $405.73 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $187.20 | $217.34 – $402.09 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $187.20 | $219.32 – $405.73 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $187.20 | $219.32 – $405.73 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $187.20 | $219.32 – $405.73 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $187.20 | not published |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | $187.20 | $216.58 – $424.49 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | $187.20 | $440.91 – $440.91 |