Ghs urine, hydroxproline total 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

$157.56

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.

$404.00

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.

$24.30 with Aetna vs $75.99 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 $24.30 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.79 ↓ -84%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.27 ↓ -84%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.52 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $26.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $27.94 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $30.56 ↓ -81%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $31.59 ↓ -80%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $36.45 ↓ -77%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $37.52 ↓ -76%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $41.31 ↓ -74%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $42.52 ↓ -73%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $43.65 ↓ -72%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $44.96 ↓ -71%
Caresource Exchange $47.63 ↓ -70%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $57.69 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $74.03 ↓ -53%
Cigna Hmo $75.99 ↓ -52%
Cigna Ppo $75.99 ↓ -52%

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Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $157.56 $24.30 – $44.96
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $157.56 $24.30 – $44.96
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $157.56 $24.30 – $44.96
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $157.56 $24.30 – $44.96
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $157.56 $24.30 – $44.96
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $157.56 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $157.56 $24.30 – $47.63
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $157.56 $42.59 – $84.08

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