X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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

$331.00

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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.

$331.00

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.

$44.13 with Cigna vs $280.20 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Cigna Hmo/Pos $44.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna Exchange $44.14 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $44.42 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Hmo $48.67 ↓ -85%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $52.96 ↓ -84%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $55.31 ↓ -83%
Oscar Health Exchange $56.18 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $64.02 ↓ -81%
Humana Hmo/Pos $64.02 ↓ -81%
Bcbs Hmo $65.02 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $106.19 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $107.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $108.31 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $109.37 ↓ -67%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $111.50 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $112.56 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $225.12 ↓ -32%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $280.20 ↓ -15%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $280.20 ↓ -15%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $342.42 $48.66 – $196.45
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $342.42 $48.66 – $194.68
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $342.42 $48.66 – $196.45
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $342.42 $62.77 – $179.57
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $342.42 $48.66 – $196.45
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $342.42 $48.66 – $196.45
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $342.42 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $342.42 $48.66 – $205.53

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