Histochemical stains add-on 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

$262.00

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.

$262.00

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.

$50.75 with Bcbs vs $121.79 with Aetna — 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $50.75 ↓ -81%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $57.51 ↓ -78%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $67.66 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Hmo $67.66 ↓ -74%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $75.43 ↓ -71%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $75.43 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health Exchange $92.58 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Hmo $96.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna Exchange $101.49 ↓ -61%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $121.79 ↓ -54%

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Histochemical stains add-on at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $232.83 $13.74 – $127.47
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $232.83 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $232.83 $19.80 – $127.47

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