Repair pm/icd lead sgl 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

$4,343.82

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.

$11,138.00

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 $11,913.91 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
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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 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,274.77 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,340.26 ↓ -23%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,405.76 ↓ -22%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,438.50 ↓ -21%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,504.00 ↓ -19%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $3,765.98 ↓ -13%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $4,035.00 ↓ -7%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,257.20 ↓ -2%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $4,719.00 ↑ +9%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $5,567.10 ↑ +28%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $5,730.84 ↑ +32%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $6,058.32 ↑ +39%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,389.00 ↑ +47%
Caresource Exchange $6,418.54 ↑ +48%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $8,516.00 ↑ +96%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $9,241.76 ↑ +113%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $11,913.91 ↑ +174%

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Repair pm/icd lead sgl at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $4,343.82 $3,795.68 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $4,343.82 $3,761.55 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $4,343.82 $3,795.68 – $8,448.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $4,343.82 $3,795.68 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $4,343.82 $3,795.68 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $4,343.82 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $4,343.82 $3,748.26 – $8,448.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $4,343.82 $6,389.00 – $11,084.58

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