Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout at Wellstar Paulding Hospital

2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, Hiram, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1457329435

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

$20.69

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.

$53.05

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.

$14.14 with Aetna vs $51.89 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 $14.14 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.42 ↓ -30%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.85 ↓ -28%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15.02 ↓ -27%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.13 ↓ -27%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $15.60 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Select Exchange $24.89 ↑ +20%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $26.16 ↑ +26%
Cigna Hmo $26.96 ↑ +30%
Cigna Ppo $26.96 ↑ +30%
Caresource Exchange $27.71 ↑ +34%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $48.92 ↑ +136%
Bcbs Ppo $51.89 ↑ +151%

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Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $20.69 $14.14 – $26.16
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $20.69 $14.14 – $26.16
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $20.69 $14.14 – $26.16
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $20.69 $10.78 – $27.71
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $20.69 $14.14 – $26.16
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $20.69 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $20.69 $14.14 – $27.71
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $20.69 $15.02 – $48.92

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