Rmv&rplcmt phrnc nrv stim pg 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

$44,407.74

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.

$113,866.00

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.

$3,567.00 with The Care Network vs $98,378.30 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
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $3,567.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,809.00 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $12,439.00 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $22,448.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $27,041.16 ↓ -39%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $27,581.99 ↓ -38%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $28,122.81 ↓ -37%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $28,393.22 ↓ -36%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $28,934.04 ↓ -35%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $31,097.34 ↓ -30%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $35,153.51 ↓ -21%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $45,969.98 ↑ +4%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $47,322.03 ↑ +7%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $50,026.15 ↑ +13%
Caresource Exchange $53,000.68 ↑ +19%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $76,313.26 ↑ +72%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $98,378.30 ↑ +122%

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Rmv&rplcmt phrnc nrv stim pg at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $57,983.77
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $57,462.36
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $57,983.77
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $57,983.77
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $57,983.77
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $44,407.74 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $60,664.01
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $44,407.74 $5,809.00 – $87,649.64

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