Blepharoplasty upper eyelid 15823 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

$2,301.00

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.

$5,900.00

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.

$2,095.70 with Aetna vs $8,171.97 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 $2,095.70 ↓ -9%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,137.62 ↓ -7%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,200.49 ↓ -4%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,242.40 ↓ -3%
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $2,664.00 ↑ +16%
Ambetter Health Select Exchange $3,688.43 ↑ +60%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $3,877.05 ↑ +68%
Caresource Exchange $4,107.58 ↑ +79%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,272.00 ↑ +129%
Cigna Hmo $5,699.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,760.00 ↑ +194%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $7,867.16 ↑ +242%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $8,171.97 ↑ +255%

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Blepharoplasty upper eyelid 15823 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $2,301.00 $2,076.86 – $5,272.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $2,301.00 $2,095.70 – $5,272.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $2,301.00 $1,738.00 – $5,699.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $2,301.00 $2,095.70 – $5,272.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $2,301.00 $2,095.70 – $5,272.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $2,301.00 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $2,301.00 $2,069.52 – $5,272.00
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $2,301.00 $2,664.00 – $6,760.00

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