Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$89.70

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.

$230.00

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.

$14.41 with Aetna vs $44.94 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
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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 $14.41 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.70 ↓ -84%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.99 ↓ -83%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.13 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.42 ↓ -83%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $16.57 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $18.13 ↓ -80%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.73 ↓ -79%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $21.62 ↓ -76%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $22.25 ↓ -75%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $24.50 ↓ -73%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $25.22 ↓ -72%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $25.84 ↓ -71%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $26.66 ↓ -70%
Caresource Exchange $28.24 ↓ -69%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $34.21 ↓ -62%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $43.90 ↓ -51%
Cigna Hmo $44.94 ↓ -50%
Cigna Ppo $44.94 ↓ -50%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $89.70 $14.41 – $26.66
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $89.70 $14.41 – $26.66
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $89.70 $14.41 – $26.66
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $89.70 $14.41 – $26.66
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $89.70 $14.41 – $26.66
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $89.70 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $89.70 $14.41 – $28.24
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $89.70 $25.26 – $49.86

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