Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc 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

$94.77

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.

$243.00

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.

$9.81 with Aetna vs $36.00 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 $9.81 ↓ -90%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.01 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.30 ↓ -89%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.50 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13.46 ↓ -86%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $13.82 ↓ -85%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $16.68 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.27 ↓ -82%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $18.15 ↓ -81%
Caresource Exchange $19.23 ↓ -80%
Cigna Hmo $23.69 ↓ -75%
Cigna Ppo $23.69 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $33.94 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Ppo $36.00 ↓ -62%

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Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $94.77 $9.81 – $18.15
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $94.77 $9.81 – $18.15
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $94.77 $9.81 – $18.15
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $94.77 $9.67 – $23.69
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $94.77 $9.81 – $18.15
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $94.77 $9.81 – $18.15
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $94.77 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $94.77 $9.81 – $19.23

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