Laryngoscope w/vc inj 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

$925.47

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.

$2,373.00

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.

$1,694.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $11,886.44 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
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $1,694.00 ↑ +83%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $1,738.00 ↑ +88%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $1,955.99 ↑ +111%
Industry Buying Group All Commercial Plans $2,242.29 ↑ +142%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $3,136.00 ↑ +239%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,267.22 ↑ +253%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,332.56 ↑ +260%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,397.91 ↑ +267%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,430.58 ↑ +271%
Cigna Hmo $3,437.00 ↑ +271%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,495.92 ↑ +278%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $3,757.30 ↑ +306%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↑ +336%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,247.38 ↑ +359%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $4,714.00 ↑ +409%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $5,554.27 ↑ +500%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $5,717.63 ↑ +518%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $6,044.35 ↑ +553%
Caresource Exchange $6,403.75 ↑ +592%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $9,220.46 ↑ +896%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $11,886.44 ↑ +1184%

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Laryngoscope w/vc inj at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $925.47 $1,694.00 – $7,005.82
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $925.47 $1,694.00 – $6,942.82
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $925.47 $1,694.00 – $7,005.82
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $925.47 $1,694.00 – $7,005.82
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $925.47 $1,694.00 – $7,005.82
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $925.47 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $925.47 $1,694.00 – $7,329.66
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $925.47 $1,694.00 – $10,570.38

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