Ankle arthroscopy/surgery 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

$8,264.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$8,264.00

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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.

$3,281.90 with Devoted Health vs $7,870.00 with Unitedhealthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $3,281.90 ↓ -60%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,314.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,347.53 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,380.35 ↓ -59%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,445.99 ↓ -58%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,478.81 ↓ -58%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $3,514.53 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Hmo $3,925.00 ↓ -53%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $5,153.08 ↓ -38%
Aetna Exchange $5,405.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $5,495.00 ↓ -34%
Oscar Health Exchange $5,611.00 ↓ -32%
Bcbs Hmo $5,843.31 ↓ -29%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $6,277.00 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,293.23 ↓ -24%
Humana Hmo/Pos $6,293.23 ↓ -24%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $6,689.00 ↓ -19%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $6,957.62 ↓ -16%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $7,870.00 ↓ -5%

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $8,264.00 $3,323.41 – $7,045.64
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $8,264.00 $3,052.76 – $7,870.00
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $8,264.00 $3,323.41 – $7,045.64
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $8,264.00 $3,323.41 – $7,045.64
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $8,264.00 $3,281.90 – $6,957.62
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $8,264.00 $5,611.00 – $5,611.00
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $8,264.00 $3,281.90 – $6,957.62
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell not published $1,937.00 – $8,448.00

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