Nuclear exam of tear flow at Emory Decatur Hospital
2701 N Decatur Road, Decatur, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1093716979
$1,126.00
Cash price 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.
$1,126.00
Gross charge 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.
$164.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Exchange | $164.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Hmo/Pos | $164.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Bcbs | Blue Pathways Exchange | $165.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Hmo | $181.74 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $197.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Bcbs | Hpn Other Commercial Plan | $206.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar Health | Exchange | $209.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Bcbs | Hmo | $242.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Hmo/Pos | $261.79 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $261.79 | ↓ -77% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $400.98 | ↓ -64% |
| Bcbs | Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan | $404.99 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $409.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $413.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $421.03 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $425.04 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter Health | Peach State Exchange | $850.08 | ↓ -25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan | $920.33 | ↓ -18% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Pos | $920.33 | ↓ -18% |
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Nuclear exam of tear flow at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital | Decatur | $1,126.00 | $209.79 – $209.79 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $470.34 | $367.70 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | $470.34 | $367.70 – $744.44 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $470.34 | $367.70 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $470.34 | $199.61 – $686.64 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $470.34 | $367.70 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $470.34 | $367.70 – $751.20 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $470.34 | not published |