MRI chest w IV cont at Adventhealth Gordon

1035 Red Bud Road, Calhoun, GA · AdventHealth · · NPI 1760402424

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 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.

$780.31 with Cigna vs $1,578.15 with Oscar — 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
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $780.31
Freedom Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $796.24
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $812.16
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $820.13
Bcbs Hmo $1,110.96
Alliant Health Plans Solocare Exchange $1,194.36
Bcbs Ppo $1,395.50
Oscar Individual Plan Hmo Exchange $1,578.15

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MRI chest w IV cont at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold $1,122.44 $561.00 – $3,071.52
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $796.24 – $1,473.04
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $789.08 – $1,459.80
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $796.24 – $1,473.04
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $635.41 – $1,346.45
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $796.24 – $1,473.04
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $796.24 – $1,473.04
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin not published $786.29 – $1,541.13

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