Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$176.00

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.

$176.00

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.

$27.95 with Bcbs vs $79.01 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 $27.95 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $31.68 ↓ -82%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $37.27 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.27 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Hmo $37.27 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $37.27 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $37.27 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.64 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $38.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $38.39 ↓ -78%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $39.13 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $39.51 ↓ -78%
Oscar Health Exchange $50.91 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Hmo $52.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna Exchange $55.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $67.09 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $79.01 ↓ -55%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $176.00 $50.91 – $50.91
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $230.88 $37.27 – $68.95
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $230.88 $37.27 – $68.95
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $230.88 $37.27 – $68.95
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $230.88 $37.27 – $109.48
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $230.88 $37.27 – $68.95
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $230.88 $37.27 – $68.95
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $230.88 not published

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