Esophageal motility 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

$1,109.00

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.

$1,109.00

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.

$242.65 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.

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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
Aetna Exchange $242.65 ↓ -78%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $242.66 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $244.27 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Hmo $267.62 ↓ -76%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $291.18 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $304.13 ↓ -73%
Oscar Health Exchange $308.92 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $356.39 ↓ -68%
Humana Hmo/Pos $356.39 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Hmo $357.51 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $400.98 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $404.99 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $409.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $413.01 ↓ -63%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $421.03 ↓ -62%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $425.04 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $850.08 ↓ -23%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $920.33 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $920.33 ↓ -17%

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Esophageal motility at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $1,109.00 $308.92 – $308.92
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $517.92 $406.05 – $751.20
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $517.92 $402.40 – $744.44
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $517.92 $406.05 – $751.20
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $517.92 $270.23 – $686.64
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $517.92 $406.05 – $751.20
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $517.92 $406.05 – $751.20
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $517.92 not published

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