Immunodiffusion nes 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

$63.57

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$163.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$14.05 with Aetna vs $44.12 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.05 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.33 ↓ -77%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.61 ↓ -77%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.75 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.03 ↓ -76%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $16.16 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $17.66 ↓ -72%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.26 ↓ -71%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $21.08 ↓ -67%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $21.68 ↓ -66%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $23.88 ↓ -62%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $24.59 ↓ -61%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $25.39 ↓ -60%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $25.99 ↓ -59%
Caresource Exchange $27.54 ↓ -57%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $33.36 ↓ -48%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $42.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Hmo $44.12 ↓ -31%
Cigna Ppo $44.12 ↓ -31%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Immunodiffusion nes at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $63.57 $14.05 – $25.99
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $63.57 $14.05 – $25.99
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $63.57 $14.05 – $25.99
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $63.57 $14.05 – $25.99
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $63.57 $14.05 – $25.99
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $63.57 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $63.57 $14.05 – $27.54
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $63.57 $24.61 – $48.61

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →