Insert cath pleura with image at Wellstar MCG Health
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330
$3,542.37
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$9,083.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,379.46 with Aetna vs $5,018.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,379.46 | ↓ -61% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,407.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Select Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,434.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Absolute Total Care | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,448.43 | ↓ -59% |
| Clover | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,476.02 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina Marketplace | Exchange | $1,586.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Centurion | Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,793.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Bcbs | Hie/Pathways Exchange | $1,955.99 | ↓ -45% |
| The Care Network | All Commercial Plans | $2,017.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $2,345.08 | ↓ -34% |
| Naphcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,414.06 | ↓ -32% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange | $2,431.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Peachstate | Ambetter Exchange | $2,552.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Hmo | $2,572.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $2,703.74 | ↓ -24% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos | $3,893.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans | $4,386.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $4,714.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Ppo | $5,018.61 | ↑ +42% |
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Insert cath pleura with image at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $3,542.37 | $1,598.89 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $3,542.37 | $1,584.51 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $3,542.37 | $1,598.89 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $3,542.37 | $1,598.89 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $3,542.37 | $1,598.89 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $3,542.37 | not published |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | $3,542.37 | $1,578.92 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | $3,542.37 | $2,572.00 – $4,714.00 |