Pet image full body 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

$9,266.00

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.

$9,266.00

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.

$1,242.46 with Oscar Health vs $3,993.00 with Aetna — 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
Oscar Health Exchange $1,242.46 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,434.27 ↓ -85%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,448.62 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,462.96 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,477.30 ↓ -84%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,505.99 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,520.33 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $2,244.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Exchange $2,404.00 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $2,793.85 ↓ -70%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $3,040.66 ↓ -67%
Humana Hmo/Pos $3,125.98 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,125.98 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Hmo $3,284.26 ↓ -65%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $3,607.73 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $3,607.73 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Hmo $3,746.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $3,993.00 ↓ -57%

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Pet image full body at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $1,242.46
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Emory University Hospital Ne $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $9,266.00 $1,242.46 – $3,746.00
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $1,452.42 – $2,686.97

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