Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital

2540 Windy Hill Road, Marietta, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1700853041

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

$120.12

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.

$308.00

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.

$91.29 with Aetna vs $346.17 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 $91.29 ↓ -24%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.12 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $95.86 ↓ -20%
Clover Medicare Managed Care Plan $97.69 ↓ -19%
Ambetter Select Exchange $160.68 ↑ +34%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $168.90 ↑ +41%
Caresource Exchange $178.94 ↑ +49%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $273.23 ↑ +127%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $346.17 ↑ +188%

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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $120.12 $96.56 – $178.64
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $120.12 $96.56 – $178.64
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $120.12 $95.70 – $177.04
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $120.12 $83.31 – $163.29
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $120.12 not published
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $120.12 $96.56 – $178.64
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $120.12 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $120.12 not published

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