Assay of urine urobilinogen at Emory Hillandale Hospital

2801 Dekalb Medical Parkway, Lithonia, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1962403865

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$18.00

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.

$18.00

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.

$4.54 with Bcbs vs $12.83 with Ambetter Health — 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $4.54 ↓ -75%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $5.14 ↓ -71%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.05 ↓ -66%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $6.05 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Hmo $6.05 ↓ -66%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $6.05 ↓ -66%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $6.05 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.11 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.17 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.23 ↓ -65%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.35 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.41 ↓ -64%
Oscar Health Exchange $8.26 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Hmo $8.60 ↓ -52%
Aetna Exchange $9.08 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $12.83 ↓ -29%

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Assay of urine urobilinogen at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $18.00 $4.54 – $12.83
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $18.00 $4.54 – $9.08
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $18.00 $4.54 – $12.83
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $18.00 $4.54 – $12.83
Emory University Hospital Ne $18.00 $4.54 – $12.83
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $18.00 $4.54 – $12.83
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $18.00 $8.26 – $8.26
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $6.05 – $11.19

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