Microsatellite instability at Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital

1050 Mcdonough Road, Jackson, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1386664779

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

$929.37

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.

$2,383.00

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.

$474.05 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,279.22 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $474.05 ↓ -49%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $509.60 ↓ -45%
Cigna Hmo $904.44 ↓ -3%
Cigna Ppo $904.44 ↓ -3%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,206.02 ↑ +30%
Bcbs Ppo $1,279.22 ↑ +38%

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Microsatellite instability at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $929.37 $348.56 – $644.84
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $929.37 $348.56 – $644.84
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $929.37 $348.56 – $644.84
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $929.37 $348.56 – $904.44
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $929.37 $348.56 – $644.84
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $929.37 $348.56 – $644.84
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $929.37 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $929.37 $348.56 – $683.18

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