Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i 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

$821.73

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.

$2,107.00

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.

$151.16 with Cigna vs $6,664.41 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
Cigna Ppo $151.16 ↓ -82%
Cigna Hmo $151.16 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $225.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $338.23 ↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $546.48 ↓ -33%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $670.91 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,831.84 ↑ +123%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,868.48 ↑ +127%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,905.11 ↑ +132%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,923.43 ↑ +134%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,960.07 ↑ +139%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $2,106.62 ↑ +156%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,381.39 ↑ +190%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $2,747.76 ↑ +234%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $3,114.13 ↑ +279%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $3,205.72 ↑ +290%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $3,388.91 ↑ +312%
Caresource Exchange $3,590.41 ↑ +337%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $5,169.67 ↑ +529%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $6,664.41 ↑ +711%

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Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $821.73 $151.16 – $3,927.98
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $821.73 $151.16 – $3,892.65
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $821.73 $151.16 – $3,927.98
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $821.73 $151.16 – $3,927.98
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $821.73 $151.16 – $3,927.98
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $821.73 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $821.73 $151.16 – $4,109.54
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $821.73 $151.16 – $5,749.22

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