Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Emory Johns Creek Hospital

6325 Hospital Parkway, Johns Creek, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1679632137

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$12,382.00

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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.

$12,382.00

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.

$3,600.00 with Kaiser vs $22,889.35 with Ambetter Health — 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
Kaiser Hmo $3,600.00 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health Exchange $4,557.00 ↓ -63%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $4,962.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna Exchange $5,405.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $5,495.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $6,277.00 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,293.23 ↓ -49%
Humana Hmo/Pos $6,293.23 ↓ -49%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $7,030.77 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $7,797.00 ↓ -37%
Bcbs Hmo $7,972.53 ↓ -36%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $9,172.00 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,796.86 ↓ -13%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,904.83 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,012.80 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,120.77 ↓ -10%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,336.71 ↓ -8%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,444.68 ↓ -8%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $22,889.35 ↑ +85%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $19,794.58
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $18,257.63
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $19,974.20
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $12,787.32 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $12,787.32 $1,937.00 – $20,897.49

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