Antibody at Wellstar Cobb Hospital

3950 Austell Rd, Austell, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1467420448

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

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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.

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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.

$15.99 with Aetna vs $65.64 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.99
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.31
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.79
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.11
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.10
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $23.61
Ambetter Health Select Exchange $28.14
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $29.58
Caresource Exchange $31.34
Cigna Ppo $40.85
Cigna Hmo $40.85
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $55.33
Bcbs Ppo $58.68
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $65.64

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Antibody at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $15.99 – $29.58
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $15.99 – $29.58
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $15.99 – $40.85
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $15.99 – $29.58
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $15.99 – $29.58
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin not published $15.99 – $31.34
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson not published $23.10 – $55.33
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange not published $15.99 – $31.34

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