Ablation cryo thigh/knee at Emory University Hospital

1364 Clifton Road, Ne, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1588640692

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

$11,148.00

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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.

$11,148.00

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.

$247.41 with Devoted Health vs $11,531.48 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
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $247.41 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $249.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $252.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $254.84 ↓ -98%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $259.78 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.26 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $524.52 ↓ -95%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $1,343.00 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $1,580.00 ↓ -86%
Oscar Health Exchange $2,572.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Exchange $2,572.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $2,987.00 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Hmo $3,051.00 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,840.09 ↓ -57%
Humana Hmo/Pos $4,840.09 ↓ -57%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $5,931.97 ↓ -47%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $10,169.32 ↓ -9%
Bcbs Hmo $11,531.48 ↑ +3%

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $262.86 $250.54 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $262.86 $248.29 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $262.86 $250.54 – $2,665.00
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $262.86 $216.16 – $693.00
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $262.86 $250.54 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $262.86 $250.54 – $2,665.00
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $262.86 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $262.86 $247.41 – $2,665.00

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