Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Wellstar MCG Health
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330
$3,579.81
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.
$9,179.00
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.
$3,193.27 with Industry Buying Group vs $33,889.27 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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| Industry Buying Group | All Commercial Plans | $3,193.27 | ↓ -11% |
| The Care Network | All Commercial Plans | $4,035.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Bcbs | Hie/Pathways Exchange | $5,107.08 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $5,809.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Alliant Health Plan | Ppo | $7,487.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Cigna | Hmo | $9,032.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9,315.12 | ↑ +160% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9,501.42 | ↑ +165% |
| Select Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9,687.72 | ↑ +171% |
| Absolute Total Care | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9,780.87 | ↑ +173% |
| Clover | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9,967.17 | ↑ +178% |
| Molina Marketplace | Exchange | $10,712.38 | ↑ +199% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange | $11,282.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Centurion | Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan | $12,109.65 | ↑ +238% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $15,835.70 | ↑ +342% |
| Naphcare | All Commercial Plans | $16,301.45 | ↑ +355% |
| Peachstate | Ambetter Exchange | $17,232.97 | ↑ +381% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $18,257.63 | ↑ +410% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans | $20,361.00 | ↑ +469% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos | $26,288.33 | ↑ +634% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Ppo | $33,889.27 | ↑ +847% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $19,974.20 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $19,794.58 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $19,974.20 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $19,974.20 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $19,974.20 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $3,579.81 | not published |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $20,897.49 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | $3,579.81 | $5,809.00 – $29,055.57 |