Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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

$3,563.04

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.

$9,136.00

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.

$942.91 with Cigna vs $4,127.51 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 ? 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
Cigna	Hmo	$942.91	↓ -74%
Cigna	Ppo	$942.91	↓ -74%
Aetna	Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,134.52	↓ -68%
Bcbs	Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,157.21	↓ -68%
Select Health	Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,179.91	↓ -67%
Absolute Total Care	Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,191.25	↓ -67%
Clover	Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,213.94	↓ -66%
Unitedhealthcare	Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange	$1,240.14	↓ -65%
Molina Marketplace	Exchange	$1,304.70	↓ -63%
Centurion	Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan	$1,474.88	↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare	All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans	$1,522.51	↓ -57%
The Care Network	All Commercial Plans	$1,701.79	↓ -52%
Oscar Healthplan	Exchange	$1,928.69	↓ -46%
Aetna	Hmo/Pos/Ppo	$1,950.12	↓ -45%
Naphcare	All Commercial Plans	$1,985.42	↓ -44%
Peachstate	Ambetter Exchange	$2,098.87	↓ -41%
Caresource	Exchange	$2,223.67	↓ -38%
Bcbs	Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos	$3,201.76	↓ -10%
Bcbs	Anthem - Copps Ppo	$4,127.51	↑ +16%

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital	City	Cash price	Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital	Austell	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Douglas Hospital	Douglasville	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,410.86
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital	Marietta	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital	Roswell	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Paulding Hospital	Hiram	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs	P O Box 280	$3,563.04	not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital	Griffin	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $2,545.19
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital	Jackson	$3,563.04	$942.91 – $4,008.07

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