Insert tunneled cv cath at Wellstar MCG Health
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1760875330
$97.11
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.
$249.00
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.
$1,937.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $10,066.45 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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| Alliant Health Plan | Ppo | $1,937.00 | ↑ +1895% |
| Bcbs | Hie/Pathways Exchange | $2,597.81 | ↑ +2575% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,766.96 | ↑ +2749% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,822.30 | ↑ +2806% |
| Select Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,877.64 | ↑ +2863% |
| Absolute Total Care | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,905.31 | ↑ +2892% |
| Clover | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,960.64 | ↑ +2949% |
| Industry Buying Group | All Commercial Plans | $3,017.08 | ↑ +3007% |
| Molina Marketplace | Exchange | $3,182.00 | ↑ +3177% |
| Centurion | Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,597.05 | ↑ +3604% |
| The Care Network | All Commercial Plans | $4,035.00 | ↑ +4055% |
| Cigna | Hmo | $4,220.00 | ↑ +4246% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $4,703.83 | ↑ +4744% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange | $4,719.00 | ↑ +4759% |
| Naphcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,842.18 | ↑ +4886% |
| Peachstate | Ambetter Exchange | $5,118.87 | ↑ +5171% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $5,423.24 | ↑ +5485% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $5,809.00 | ↑ +5882% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos | $7,808.67 | ↑ +7941% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans | $8,516.00 | ↑ +8669% |
| Bcbs | Anthem - Copps Ppo | $10,066.45 | ↑ +10266% |
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| Emory Hospital Warner Robins | Warner Robins | not published | $2,828.51 – $7,870.00 |
| Adventhealth Gordon | Calhoun | not published | $1,266.00 – $6,356.46 |
| Adventhealth Redmond | Rome | not published | $3,108.00 – $12,756.00 |
| Adventhealth Murray | Po Box 1406 | not published | $2,522.00 – $5,826.68 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | Johns Creek | not published | $3,207.10 – $6,799.04 |
| Emory Rehabilitation Hospital | Atlanta | not published | $3,006.21 – $7,870.00 |
| Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta | not published | $3,207.10 – $6,799.04 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | Atlanta | not published | $3,207.10 – $6,799.04 |