Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i 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

$28,608.45

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.

$73,355.00

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.

$5,809.00 with Aetna vs $45,722.69 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
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,809.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,725.59 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,960.10 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,311.87 ↓ -57%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,546.38 ↓ -56%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $16,710.00 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Health Select Exchange $20,637.03 ↓ -28%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $21,692.34 ↓ -24%
Caresource Exchange $22,982.15 ↓ -20%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $44,017.26 ↑ +54%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $45,722.69 ↑ +60%

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Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $21,497.27
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $28,608.45 $3,498.86 – $19,828.11
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $21,692.34
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $28,608.45 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $22,695.04
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $28,608.45 $5,809.00 – $31,052.45

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