Breast reconstruction 19357 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

$21,008.52

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.

$53,868.00

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.

$2,664.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $52,545.89 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
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $2,664.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Hmo $5,699.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,760.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,997.50 ↓ -33%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,277.45 ↓ -32%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,697.37 ↓ -30%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $14,977.32 ↓ -29%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15,026.00 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Select Exchange $24,635.60 ↑ +17%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $25,895.37 ↑ +23%
Caresource Exchange $27,435.10 ↑ +31%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $41,474.44 ↑ +97%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $52,545.89 ↑ +150%

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Breast reconstruction 19357 at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $32,574.73
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,662.51
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $23,669.94
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $25,895.37
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $21,008.52 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $21,008.52 $2,664.00 – $27,092.36

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