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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img 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

$1,170.00

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.

$3,000.00

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.

$475.81 with Aetna vs $2,456.75 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $475.81 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $485.33 ↓ -59%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $494.85 ↓ -58%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $499.60 ↓ -57%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $509.12 ↓ -56%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $547.19 ↓ -53%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $618.56 ↓ -47%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $713.72 ↓ -39%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $808.88 ↓ -31%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $832.67 ↓ -29%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $880.26 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Hie/Pathways Exchange $894.50 ↓ -24%
Caresource Exchange $932.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Ppo $1,232.16 ↑ +5%
Cigna Hmo $1,232.16 ↑ +5%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $1,342.80 ↑ +15%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $1,569.76 ↑ +34%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $1,731.06 ↑ +48%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $1,927.17 ↑ +65%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,456.75 ↑ +110%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,170.00 $551.50 – $1,904.46
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,170.00 $546.54 – $1,904.46
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,170.00 $551.50 – $1,904.46
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,170.00 $551.50 – $1,904.46
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,170.00 $551.50 – $1,904.46
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,170.00 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,170.00 $544.61 – $1,904.46
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $1,170.00 $1,232.16 – $4,008.07

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