Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci 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

$3,382.47

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.

$8,673.00

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.

$4,146.34 with Aetna vs $15,254.61 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 $4,146.34 ↑ +23%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,229.26 ↑ +25%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,353.65 ↑ +29%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,436.58 ↑ +31%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $7,048.77 ↑ +108%
Cigna Hmo $7,290.45 ↑ +116%
Cigna Ppo $7,290.45 ↑ +116%
Ambetter Select Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,297.55 ↑ +116%
Peachstate Ambetter Exchange $7,670.72 ↑ +127%
Caresource Exchange $8,126.82 ↑ +140%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $10,852.15 ↑ +221%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $12,735.67 ↑ +277%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $14,381.73 ↑ +325%
Bcbs Ppo $15,254.61 ↑ +351%

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Sr-89 stront chlor ther / mci at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $8,126.82
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,382.47 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,382.47 $4,146.34 – $10,852.15

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