Sialography s&i 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

$376.35

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.

$965.00

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.

$146.87 with Bcbs vs $760.69 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 $146.87 ↓ -61%
Cigna Ppo $171.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna Hmo $171.59 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $209.09 ↓ -44%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $213.27 ↓ -43%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $217.45 ↓ -42%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $219.55 ↓ -42%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $223.73 ↓ -41%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $240.45 ↓ -36%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $271.82 ↓ -28%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $273.50 ↓ -27%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $313.64 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $335.78 ↓ -11%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $355.46 ↓ -6%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $365.91 ↓ -3%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $386.82 ↑ +3%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $392.81 ↑ +4%
Caresource Exchange $409.82 ↑ +9%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $590.08 ↑ +57%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $760.69 ↑ +102%

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Sialography s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $376.35 $171.59 – $448.35
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $376.35 $171.59 – $444.32
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $376.35 $171.59 – $448.35
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $376.35 $171.59 – $448.35
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $376.35 $171.59 – $448.35
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $376.35 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $376.35 $171.59 – $469.07
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $376.35 $171.59 – $691.66

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