Clearance of airways at Wellstar MCG Health
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330
$163.80
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.
$420.00
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.
$191.89 with Aetna vs $3,391.00 with Aetna — 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 | $191.89 | ↑ +17% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $195.73 | ↑ +19% |
| Select Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $199.57 | ↑ +22% |
| Absolute Total Care | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $201.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Clover | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $205.33 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina Marketplace | Exchange | $220.68 | ↑ +35% |
| Centurion | Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan | $249.46 | ↑ +52% |
| The Care Network | All Commercial Plans | $287.84 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $326.22 | ↑ +99% |
| Naphcare | All Commercial Plans | $335.81 | ↑ +105% |
| Peachstate | Ambetter Exchange | $355.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $376.11 | ↑ +130% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos | $541.55 | ↑ +231% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange | $693.00 | ↑ +323% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Ppo | $698.13 | ↑ +326% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans | $1,251.00 | ↑ +664% |
| Alliant Health Plan | Ppo | $1,308.00 | ↑ +699% |
| Industry Buying Group | All Commercial Plans | $1,530.98 | ↑ +835% |
| Bcbs | Hie/Pathways Exchange | $1,698.85 | ↑ +937% |
| Cigna | Hmo | $2,572.00 | ↑ +1470% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,391.00 | ↑ +1970% |
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Clearance of airways at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $163.80 | $222.42 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $163.80 | $220.42 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $163.80 | $222.42 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $163.80 | $222.42 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $163.80 | $222.42 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $163.80 | not published |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | $163.80 | $219.64 – $2,665.00 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | $163.80 | $602.04 – $3,391.00 |