Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody 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

$128.70

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.

$330.00

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.

$12.95 with Aetna vs $40.03 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 $12.95 ↓ -90%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.21 ↓ -90%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.47 ↓ -90%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.60 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.86 ↓ -89%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $14.89 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $16.28 ↓ -87%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.84 ↓ -87%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $19.42 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $19.99 ↓ -84%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $22.01 ↓ -83%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $22.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $23.17 ↓ -82%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $23.96 ↓ -81%
Caresource Exchange $25.38 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $30.75 ↓ -76%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $39.45 ↓ -69%
Cigna Hmo $40.03 ↓ -69%
Cigna Ppo $40.03 ↓ -69%

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Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $128.70 $12.95 – $23.96
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $128.70 $12.95 – $23.96
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $128.70 $12.95 – $23.96
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $128.70 $12.95 – $23.96
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $128.70 $12.95 – $23.96
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $128.70 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $128.70 $12.95 – $25.38
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $128.70 $22.69 – $44.81

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