Bone/joint imaging ltd area at Emory Decatur Hospital
2701 N Decatur Road, Decatur, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1093716979
$1,309.00
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.
$1,309.00
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.
$261.69 with Aetna vs $920.33 with Unitedhealthcare — 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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| Aetna | Exchange | $261.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $261.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $263.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $288.61 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $314.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Bcbs | Hpn Other Commercial Plan | $327.98 | ↓ -75% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $333.15 | ↓ -75% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $385.56 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $389.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $389.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $400.98 | ↓ -69% |
| Bcbs | Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan | $404.99 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $409.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $413.01 | ↓ -68% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $421.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $425.04 | ↓ -68% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $850.08 | ↓ -35% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan | $920.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $920.33 | ↓ -30% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital | Decatur | $1,309.00 | $333.15 – $333.15 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $732.03 | $360.34 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $732.03 | $360.34 – $744.44 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $732.03 | $360.34 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $732.03 | $219.03 – $686.64 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $732.03 | $360.34 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $732.03 | $360.34 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $732.03 | not published |