Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl 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

$83.85

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.

$215.00

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.

$34.19 with Aetna vs $125.48 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 $34.19 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $34.87 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.90 ↓ -57%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $36.58 ↓ -56%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $42.07 ↓ -50%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $58.12 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Select Exchange $60.17 ↓ -28%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $63.25 ↓ -25%
Caresource Exchange $67.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Ppo $79.27 ↓ -5%
Cigna Hmo $79.27 ↓ -5%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $118.30 ↑ +41%
Bcbs Ppo $125.48 ↑ +50%

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Lipoprtn dir meas sd ldl chl at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $83.85 $34.19 – $63.25
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $83.85 $34.19 – $63.25
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $83.85 $34.19 – $63.25
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $83.85 $31.55 – $79.27
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $83.85 $34.19 – $63.25
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $83.85 $34.19 – $63.25
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $83.85 not published
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $83.85 $42.07 – $118.30

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