Mopath procedure level 8 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

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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.

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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.

$761.64 with Unitedhealthcare vs $2,578.25 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 $761.64
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $846.27
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $863.20
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $880.12
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $888.58
Devoted Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $905.51
Cigna Ppo $932.50
Cigna Hmo $932.50
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $935.04
Molina Marketplace Exchange $973.21
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,100.15
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $1,269.40
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $1,438.66
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $1,480.97
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $1,565.60
Caresource Exchange $1,658.69
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $2,009.21
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $2,578.25

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Mopath procedure level 8 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Gordon Calhoun $6,988.90 $829.34 – $1,677.31
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $846.27 – $1,565.60
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $846.27 – $1,565.60
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $846.27 – $1,565.60
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $846.27 – $1,565.60
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $846.27 – $1,565.60
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin not published $846.27 – $1,658.69
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson not published $932.50 – $2,928.09

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