Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at Emory Decatur Hospital

2701 N Decatur Road, Decatur, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1093716979

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$2,467.00

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.

$2,467.00

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.

$1,200.26 with Devoted Health vs $5,051.48 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.

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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
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,200.26 ↓ -51%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,212.26 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,224.27 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,236.27 ↓ -50%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,260.27 ↓ -49%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,272.28 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $2,544.55 ↑ +3%
Aetna Exchange $2,572.00 ↑ +4%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $2,912.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $2,987.00 ↑ +21%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $3,011.79 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Hmo $3,051.00 ↑ +24%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $3,425.00 ↑ +39%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $3,590.00 ↑ +46%
Oscar Health Exchange $4,249.00 ↑ +72%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $4,454.79 ↑ +81%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,840.09 ↑ +96%
Humana Hmo/Pos $4,840.09 ↑ +96%
Bcbs Hmo $5,051.48 ↑ +105%

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Colonoscopy & polypectomy 44392 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $2,467.00 $4,249.00 – $4,249.00
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $2,467.00 $1,215.44 – $4,840.09
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $2,467.00 $1,112.96 – $4,840.09
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $2,467.00 $1,215.44 – $4,840.09
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $2,467.00 $1,215.44 – $4,840.09
Emory University Hospital Ne $2,467.00 $1,200.26 – $4,840.09
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $2,467.00 $1,200.26 – $4,840.09
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $1,215.44 – $5,272.00

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