Plmt access bil tree sm bwl 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

$3,931.20

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.

$10,080.00

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.

$2,597.81 with Bcbs vs $20,639.37 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
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $2,597.81 ↓ -34%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $4,714.00 ↑ +20%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $4,719.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,673.13 ↑ +44%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,786.59 ↑ +47%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,900.05 ↑ +50%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,956.78 ↑ +52%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,070.25 ↑ +54%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $6,524.10 ↑ +66%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,375.06 ↑ +88%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $8,516.00 ↑ +117%
Cigna Hmo $9,032.00 ↑ +130%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $9,644.32 ↑ +145%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $9,927.97 ↑ +153%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $10,495.28 ↑ +167%
Caresource Exchange $11,119.33 ↑ +183%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $16,010.21 ↑ +307%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $20,639.37 ↑ +425%

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Plmt access bil tree sm bwl at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,164.76
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,055.37
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,164.76
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,164.76
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,164.76
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,931.20 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $12,727.06
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $3,931.20 $4,714.00 – $21,354.98

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