Hla i typing complete lr 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

$631.80

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.

$1,620.00

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.

$361.63 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,656.74 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $361.63 ↓ -43%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $388.75 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $403.59 ↓ -36%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $411.66 ↓ -35%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $423.77 ↓ -33%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $431.84 ↓ -32%
Cigna Hmo $689.56 ↑ +9%
Cigna Ppo $689.56 ↑ +9%
Ambetter Health Select Exchange $710.32 ↑ +12%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $746.64 ↑ +18%
Caresource Exchange $791.04 ↑ +25%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,396.42 ↑ +121%
Bcbs Ppo $1,481.18 ↑ +134%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $1,656.74 ↑ +162%

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Hla i typing complete lr at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $631.80 $361.63 – $746.64
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $631.80 $361.63 – $746.64
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $631.80 $271.22 – $791.04
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $631.80 $361.63 – $746.64
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $631.80 $361.63 – $746.64
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $631.80 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $631.80 $361.63 – $791.04
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $631.80 $361.63 – $1,396.42

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