Jak2 targeted sequence analysis 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

$601.77

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.

$1,543.00

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.

$166.68 with Unitedhealthcare vs $564.23 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
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $166.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $185.20 ↓ -69%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.90 ↓ -69%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $192.61 ↓ -68%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $194.46 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $198.16 ↓ -67%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $204.63 ↓ -66%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $212.98 ↓ -65%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $240.76 ↓ -60%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $277.80 ↓ -54%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $314.84 ↓ -48%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $324.10 ↓ -46%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $342.62 ↓ -43%
Caresource Exchange $362.99 ↓ -40%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $439.70 ↓ -27%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $564.23 ↓ -6%

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Jak2 targeted sequence analysis at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $601.77 $185.20 – $342.62
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $601.77 $185.20 – $342.62
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $601.77 $185.20 – $342.62
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $601.77 $185.20 – $342.62
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $601.77 $185.20 – $342.62
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $601.77 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $601.77 $185.20 – $362.99
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $601.77 $222.24 – $640.79

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