Design mlc device for imrt at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital

601 South 8Th Street, Griffin, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1972535318

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$4,659.72

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.

$11,948.00

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.

$375.56 with Aetna vs $1,431.27 with Bcbs — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $375.56 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $383.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $394.34 ↓ -92%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $401.85 ↓ -91%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $638.46 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Select Exchange $660.99 ↓ -86%
Cigna Ppo $662.68 ↓ -86%
Cigna Hmo $662.68 ↓ -86%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $694.79 ↓ -85%
Caresource Exchange $736.10 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,023.44 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $1,129.70 ↓ -76%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,320.24 ↓ -72%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,431.27 ↓ -69%

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Design mlc device for imrt at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $4,659.72 $376.89 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $4,659.72 $328.12 – $662.68
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $4,659.72 $380.31 – $1,023.44
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $4,659.72 not published
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $4,659.72 $662.68 – $1,320.24

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