Transcath occlusion cns 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

$14,022.84

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.

$35,956.00

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.

$4,080.60 with Bcbs vs $58,443.61 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 $4,080.60 ↓ -71%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,000.00 ↓ -36%
Unitedhealthcare Individual Exchange Payer Appendix Exchange $11,282.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $16,064.35 ↑ +15%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $16,385.63 ↑ +17%
Select Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $16,706.92 ↑ +19%
Absolute Total Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $16,867.56 ↑ +20%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $17,188.85 ↑ +23%
Molina Marketplace Exchange $18,474.00 ↑ +32%
Unitedhealthcare All Payer Appendix All Commercial Plans $20,361.00 ↑ +45%
Centurion Ga Dept. Of Corrections Medicare Managed Care Plan $20,883.65 ↑ +49%
The Care Network All Commercial Plans $24,096.52 ↑ +72%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $27,309.39 ↑ +95%
Naphcare All Commercial Plans $28,112.61 ↑ +100%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $29,719.04 ↑ +112%
Caresource Exchange $31,486.12 ↑ +125%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Hmo/Pos $45,335.43 ↑ +223%
Bcbs Anthem - Copps Ppo $58,443.61 ↑ +317%

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Transcath occlusion cns at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $34,136.67
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $14,022.84 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $36,038.67
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $14,022.84 $9,000.00 – $16,710.00

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