Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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

$223.08

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.

$572.00

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.

$28.51 with Aetna vs $1,707.61 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 Hmo/Pos/Ppo $28.51 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $30.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna Ppo $71.08 ↓ -68%
Cigna Hmo $71.08 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $448.08 ↑ +101%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $457.04 ↑ +105%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $470.48 ↑ +111%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $479.44 ↑ +115%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $761.73 ↑ +241%
Ambetter Select Exchange $788.61 ↑ +254%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $828.94 ↑ +272%
Caresource Exchange $878.23 ↑ +294%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $1,347.82 ↑ +504%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,707.61 ↑ +665%

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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $223.08 $28.51 – $839.43
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $223.08 $28.51 – $831.88
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $223.08 $28.51 – $839.43
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $223.08 $19.18 – $767.29
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $223.08 $28.51 – $839.43
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $223.08 $28.51 – $839.43
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $223.08 not published
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $223.08 $28.51 – $1,124.66

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