Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$829.14

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.

$2,126.00

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.

$807.13 with Aetna vs $4,386.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $807.13 ↓ -3%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $823.28 ↓ -1%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $839.42 ↑ +1%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $847.49 ↑ +2%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $863.63 ↑ +4%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $928.20 ↑ +12%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,049.27 ↑ +27%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $1,210.70 ↑ +46%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $1,372.13 ↑ +65%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $1,412.48 ↑ +70%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $1,493.20 ↑ +80%
Caresource Exchange $1,581.98 ↑ +91%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $1,698.85 ↑ +105%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $2,277.82 ↑ +175%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $2,431.00 ↑ +193%
Cigna Hmo $2,572.00 ↑ +210%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $2,936.43 ↑ +254%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,391.00 ↑ +309%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +429%

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $829.14 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $829.14 $927.11 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $829.14 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $829.14 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $829.14 $935.52 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $829.14 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $829.14 $923.84 – $4,066.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $829.14 $2,269.16 – $4,066.00

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