Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i 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

$16,031.73

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.

$41,107.00

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.

$5,809.00 with Aetna vs $70,197.49 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 $5,809.00 ↓ -64%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $16,710.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,038.73 ↑ +13%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,399.50 ↑ +15%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,940.66 ↑ +18%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $19,301.44 ↑ +20%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $30,665.83 ↑ +91%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $31,748.16 ↑ +98%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $33,371.64 ↑ +108%
Caresource Exchange $35,355.90 ↑ +121%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $55,406.83 ↑ +246%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $70,197.49 ↑ +338%

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Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $34,136.67
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $16,031.73 $3,498.86 – $31,486.12
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $34,446.42
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $16,031.73 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $16,031.73 $5,809.00 – $36,038.67

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