Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays 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

$128.31

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.

$329.00

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.

$72.19 with Aetna vs $264.94 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 $72.19 ↓ -44%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $73.63 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $75.80 ↓ -41%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $77.24 ↓ -40%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $86.63 ↓ -32%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $122.72 ↓ -4%
Ambetter Select Exchange $127.05 ↓ -1%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $133.55 ↑ +4%
Caresource Exchange $141.49 ↑ +10%
Cigna Ppo $163.42 ↑ +27%
Cigna Hmo $163.42 ↑ +27%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $249.78 ↑ +95%
Bcbs Ppo $264.94 ↑ +106%

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Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $128.31 $72.19 – $133.55
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $128.31 $72.19 – $133.55
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $128.31 $72.19 – $133.55
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $128.31 $64.97 – $163.42
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $128.31 $72.19 – $133.55
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $128.31 $72.19 – $133.55
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $128.31 not published
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $128.31 $86.63 – $249.78

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