Cystine urine quantitative 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

$459.42

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.

$1,178.00

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.

$21.21 with Unitedhealthcare vs $70.01 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
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $21.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.98 ↓ -95%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $23.44 ↓ -95%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $23.90 ↓ -95%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.13 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.59 ↓ -95%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $26.04 ↓ -94%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $26.43 ↓ -94%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $30.29 ↓ -93%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $34.47 ↓ -92%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $39.07 ↓ -91%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $40.22 ↓ -91%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $42.51 ↓ -91%
Caresource Exchange $45.04 ↓ -90%
Cigna Hmo $52.29 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $52.29 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $54.56 ↓ -88%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $70.01 ↓ -85%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $459.42 $22.98 – $42.51
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $459.42 $22.98 – $42.51
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $459.42 $22.98 – $42.51
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $459.42 $22.98 – $42.51
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $459.42 $22.98 – $42.51
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $459.42 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $459.42 $22.98 – $45.04
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $459.42 $29.56 – $79.51

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