Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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

$1,038.18

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.

$2,662.00

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.

$207.31 with Aetna vs $760.83 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $207.31 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $211.46 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $217.68 ↓ -79%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $221.82 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $339.40 ↓ -67%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $352.43 ↓ -66%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $364.85 ↓ -65%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $364.87 ↓ -65%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $383.52 ↓ -63%
Caresource Exchange $406.33 ↓ -61%
Cigna Ppo $647.08 ↓ -38%
Cigna Hmo $647.08 ↓ -38%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $717.29 ↓ -31%
Bcbs Ppo $760.83 ↓ -27%

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,038.18 $207.31 – $383.52
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,038.18 $207.31 – $383.52
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,038.18 $207.31 – $383.52
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $1,038.18 $207.31 – $647.08
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,038.18 $207.31 – $383.52
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,038.18 $207.31 – $383.52
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,038.18 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,038.18 $207.31 – $406.33

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