External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$2,177.00

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.

$2,177.00

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.

$107.81 with Bcbs vs $304.75 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 $107.81 ↓ -95%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $122.19 ↓ -94%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $143.75 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.75 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Hmo $143.75 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $143.75 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $143.75 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $145.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $146.62 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $148.06 ↓ -93%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $150.94 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $152.38 ↓ -93%
Oscar Health Exchange $196.35 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Hmo $204.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna Exchange $215.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $258.75 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $304.75 ↓ -86%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $2,177.00 $196.35 – $196.35
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $334.62 $143.75 – $265.94
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $334.62 $143.75 – $265.94
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $334.62 $143.75 – $265.94
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $334.62 $143.75 – $394.62
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $334.62 $143.75 – $265.94
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $334.62 $143.75 – $265.94
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $334.62 not published

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