Drug test def 15-21 classes 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

$263.25

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.

$675.00

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.

$71.23 with Aetna vs $729.38 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 Hmo/Pos/Ppo $71.23 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $198.74 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $199.24 ↓ -24%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $202.71 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $208.68 ↓ -21%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $212.65 ↓ -19%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $337.86 ↑ +28%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $349.78 ↑ +33%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $367.67 ↑ +40%
Caresource Exchange $389.53 ↑ +48%
Cigna Hmo $464.89 ↑ +77%
Cigna Ppo $464.89 ↑ +77%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $687.64 ↑ +161%
Bcbs Ppo $729.38 ↑ +177%

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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $263.25 $71.23 – $367.67
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $263.25 $71.23 – $367.67
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $263.25 $71.23 – $367.67
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $263.25 $71.23 – $464.89
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $263.25 $71.23 – $367.67
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $263.25 $71.23 – $367.67
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $263.25 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $263.25 $71.23 – $389.53

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