Antibody id rbc panel at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital

677 Church Street, Marietta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1649248626

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$460.59

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.

$1,181.00

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.

$30.18 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,366.73 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $30.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $39.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna Hmo $97.23 ↓ -79%
Cigna Ppo $97.23 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $364.08 ↓ -21%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $371.36 ↓ -19%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $382.28 ↓ -17%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $389.56 ↓ -15%
Ambetter Select Exchange $640.78 ↑ +39%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $673.55 ↑ +46%
Caresource Exchange $713.59 ↑ +55%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $1,078.76 ↑ +134%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,366.73 ↑ +197%

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta $460.59 $30.18 – $664.45
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $460.59 $30.18 – $673.55
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $460.59 $30.18 – $667.49
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $460.59 $19.18 – $615.66
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $460.59 $30.18 – $673.55
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $460.59 $30.18 – $673.55
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $460.59 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $460.59 $30.18 – $704.68

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