Bypass temp external fem-fem at Wellstar Douglas Hospital
8954 Hospital Drive, Douglasville, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1649247974
$852.54
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.
$2,186.00
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.
$631.43 with Aetna vs $4,714.00 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.
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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $631.43 | ↓ -26% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $644.06 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $663.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Caresource | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $675.63 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter Health | Select Exchange | $1,111.32 | ↑ +30% |
| Oscar Healthplan | Exchange | $1,168.15 | ↑ +37% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $1,237.60 | ↑ +45% |
| Bcbs | Shbp Other Commercial Plan | $1,892.73 | ↑ +122% |
| Bcbs | Hmo/Pos | $2,397.99 | ↑ +181% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,066.00 | ↑ +377% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $4,714.00 | ↑ +453% |
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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Georgia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | $852.54 | $637.16 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | $852.54 | $637.16 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar MCG Health | Augusta | $852.54 | $549.72 – $2,431.00 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital | Roswell | $852.54 | $637.16 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Hiram | $852.54 | $637.16 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs | P O Box 280 | $852.54 | not published |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital | Griffin | $852.54 | $629.20 – $4,066.00 |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | $852.54 | $1,773.21 – $4,714.00 |