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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) at Wellstar Cobb Hospital
3950 Austell Rd, Austell, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1467420448
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Cash price 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 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.
$2,323.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $23,446.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Alliant Health Plan | Ppo | $2,323.00 | — |
| Cigna | Hmo | $4,923.00 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,012.85 | — |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,133.11 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $6,179.00 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,313.49 | — |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $6,389.00 | — |
| Caresource | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6,433.75 | — |
| Ambetter Health | Select Exchange | $10,582.62 | — |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $11,123.77 | — |
| Caresource | Exchange | $11,785.19 | — |
| Bcbs | Hmo/Pos | $22,571.93 | — |
| Bcbs | Shbp Other Commercial Plan | $23,446.48 | — |
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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,023.74 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,123.77 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | not published | $2,323.00 – $10,167.80 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,123.77 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,123.77 |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,637.96 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | not published | $2,323.00 – $16,529.94 |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center | Lagrange | not published | $2,323.00 – $11,417.47 |