Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$48.75

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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.

$125.00

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.

$17.03 with Aetna vs $53.11 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

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 $17.03 ↓ -65%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.37 ↓ -64%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.71 ↓ -64%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.88 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.22 ↓ -63%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $19.58 ↓ -60%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $21.42 ↓ -56%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.14 ↓ -55%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $25.54 ↓ -48%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $26.30 ↓ -46%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $28.95 ↓ -41%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $29.80 ↓ -39%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $30.74 ↓ -37%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $31.51 ↓ -35%
Caresource Exchange $33.38 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $40.43 ↓ -17%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $51.88 ↑ +6%
Cigna Hmo $53.11 ↑ +9%
Cigna Ppo $53.11 ↑ +9%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $48.75 $17.03 – $31.51
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $48.75 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $48.75 $17.03 – $33.38
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $48.75 $29.84 – $58.92

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