Cytotoxic antibody screening 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

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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.

$22.26 with Bcbs vs $62.92 with Ambetter Health — 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 $22.26 —
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $25.23 —
Cigna Hmo/Pos $29.68 —
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.68 —
Bcbs Hmo $29.68 —
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $29.68 —
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $29.68 —
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.98 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.27 —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.57 —
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $31.16 —
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $31.46 —
Oscar Health Exchange $40.54 —
Kaiser Hmo $42.18 —
Aetna Exchange $44.52 —
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $53.42 —
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $62.92 —

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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur not published $40.54 – $40.54
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $29.68 – $54.91
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville not published $29.68 – $54.91
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta not published $29.68 – $54.91
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta not published $29.68 – $92.33
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell not published $29.68 – $54.91
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram not published $29.68 – $54.91
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin not published $29.68 – $58.17

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