Administration immunization 1 vaccine at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

1514 Vernon Road, Lagrange, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1821221144

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

$62.79

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$161.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$70.85 with Aetna vs $275.71 with Bcbs — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $70.85 ↑ +13%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $72.27 ↑ +15%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $74.39 ↑ +18%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $75.81 ↑ +21%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $120.45 ↑ +92%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.70 ↑ +99%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $131.07 ↑ +109%
Caresource Exchange $138.87 ↑ +121%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $217.62 ↑ +247%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $275.71 ↑ +339%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $62.79 $73.13 – $135.29
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $62.79 $72.47 – $134.08
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $62.79 $73.13 – $135.29
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $62.79 $63.10 – $123.67
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $62.79 $73.13 – $135.29
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $62.79 $73.13 – $135.29
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $62.79 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $62.79 $72.22 – $141.55

All Georgia hospitals for this procedure →