Nuclear rx intra-arterial 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

$644.67

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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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$1,653.00

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.

$201.97 with Bcbs vs $743.91 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

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
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $201.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $204.48 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $208.57 ↓ -68%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $212.66 ↓ -67%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $214.70 ↓ -67%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $218.79 ↓ -66%
Cigna Hmo $219.12 ↓ -66%
Cigna Ppo $219.12 ↓ -66%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $235.15 ↓ -64%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $265.82 ↓ -59%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $306.71 ↓ -52%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $336.51 ↓ -48%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $347.61 ↓ -46%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $357.83 ↓ -44%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $378.28 ↓ -41%
Caresource Exchange $400.77 ↓ -38%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $413.13 ↓ -36%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $422.69 ↓ -34%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $577.06 ↓ -10%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $743.91 ↑ +15%

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Nuclear rx intra-arterial at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $644.67 $219.12 – $438.45
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $644.67 $219.12 – $434.51
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $644.67 $219.12 – $438.45
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $644.67 $219.12 – $438.45
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $644.67 $219.12 – $438.45
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $644.67 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $644.67 $219.12 – $458.72
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $644.67 $219.12 – $702.23

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