Breast reconstruction 19357 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

$21,008.52

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.

$53,868.00

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.

$2,664.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $43,935.44 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.

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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
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $2,664.00 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $3,526.26 ↓ -83%
Industry Buying Group All Commercial Plans $3,747.00 ↓ -82%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Hmo $5,699.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,760.00 ↓ -68%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $11,282.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,076.50 ↓ -43%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,318.03 ↓ -41%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,559.56 ↓ -40%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,680.32 ↓ -40%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,921.85 ↓ -38%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $13,887.97 ↓ -34%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $15,699.45 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $20,361.00 ↓ -3%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $20,530.05 ↓ -2%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $21,133.87 ↑ +1%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $22,341.52 ↑ +6%
Caresource Exchange $23,669.94 ↑ +13%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $34,081.26 ↑ +62%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $43,935.44 ↑ +109%

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Breast reconstruction 19357 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,662.51
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $21,008.52 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $27,092.36
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $49,740.55

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