Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site 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

$24.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$6.12 with Bcbs vs $14.69 with Aetna — 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $6.12 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $6.94 ↓ -71%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $7.22 ↓ -70%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $7.22 ↓ -70%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $8.16 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Hmo $8.16 ↓ -66%
Oscar Health Exchange $11.19 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Hmo $11.60 ↓ -52%
Aetna Exchange $12.24 ↓ -49%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $14.69 ↓ -39%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $24.00 $11.19 – $11.19
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $43.68 $10.22 – $17.15
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $43.68 $10.22 – $17.15
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $43.68 $10.22 – $17.15
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $43.68 $9.94 – $17.15
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $43.68 $10.22 – $17.15
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $43.68 $10.22 – $17.15
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $43.68 not published

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