Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$400.92

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.

$1,028.00

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.

$101.32 with Cigna vs $513.78 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
Cigna Ppo $101.32 ↓ -75%
Cigna Hmo $101.32 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $134.82 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $137.51 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $141.56 ↓ -65%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $144.25 ↓ -64%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $189.67 ↓ -53%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $229.19 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Select Exchange $237.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $244.67 ↓ -39%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $249.41 ↓ -38%
Caresource Exchange $264.24 ↓ -34%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $405.53 ↑ +1%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $513.78 ↑ +28%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $400.92 $101.32 – $252.56
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $400.92 $101.32 – $250.29
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $400.92 $101.32 – $252.56
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $400.92 $101.32 – $230.86
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $400.92 $101.32 – $252.56
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $400.92 $101.32 – $252.56
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $400.92 not published
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $400.92 $101.32 – $382.99

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