Dilat xst trc new access rcs 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

$8,110.83

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.

$20,797.00

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.

$2,597.81 with Bcbs vs $11,238.09 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
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $2,597.81 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,089.00 ↓ -62%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,150.78 ↓ -61%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,212.56 ↓ -60%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,243.46 ↓ -60%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,305.24 ↓ -59%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $3,552.36 ↓ -56%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $3,567.00 ↓ -56%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,015.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $4,714.00 ↓ -42%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $4,719.00 ↓ -42%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $5,251.31 ↓ -35%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $5,405.76 ↓ -33%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $5,714.66 ↓ -30%
Caresource Exchange $6,054.45 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $8,516.00 ↑ +5%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $8,717.53 ↑ +7%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $11,238.09 ↑ +39%

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Dilat xst trc new access rcs at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $8,110.83 $3,580.37 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $8,110.83 $3,548.17 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $8,110.83 $3,580.37 – $8,448.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $8,110.83 $3,580.37 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $8,110.83 $3,580.37 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $8,110.83 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $8,110.83 $3,535.64 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $8,110.83 $4,714.00 – $9,840.21

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