Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$182.13

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.

$467.00

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.

$17.11 with Aetna vs $52.13 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.11 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.45 ↓ -90%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.79 ↓ -90%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.97 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.31 ↓ -90%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $19.68 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $20.21 ↓ -89%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $22.24 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $24.81 ↓ -86%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $25.66 ↓ -86%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $28.96 ↓ -84%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $29.09 ↓ -84%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $29.94 ↓ -84%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $31.65 ↓ -83%
Caresource Exchange $33.54 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $40.62 ↓ -78%
Cigna Hmo $49.84 ↓ -73%
Cigna Ppo $49.84 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $52.13 ↓ -71%

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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $182.13 $17.11 – $31.65
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $182.13 $17.11 – $31.65
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $182.13 $17.11 – $31.65
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $182.13 $17.11 – $31.65
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $182.13 $17.11 – $31.65
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $182.13 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $182.13 $17.11 – $33.54
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $182.13 $28.16 – $59.20

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