Autologous blood op salvage 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

$2,233.00

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.

$2,233.00

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.

$98.92 with Bcbs vs $1,713.21 with Ambetter Health — 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
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $98.92 ↓ -96%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $112.11 ↓ -95%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $131.89 ↓ -94%
Bcbs Hmo $131.89 ↓ -94%
Oscar Health Exchange $180.33 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Hmo $187.46 ↓ -92%
Aetna Exchange $197.83 ↓ -91%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $237.40 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $628.20 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $628.20 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $808.12 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $816.20 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $824.28 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $832.36 ↓ -63%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $848.52 ↓ -62%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $856.60 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $1,713.21 ↓ -23%

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Autologous blood op salvage at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,513.93
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,500.31
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,513.93
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $1,558.05 $19.18 – $1,383.82
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,513.93
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,513.93
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $1,558.05 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $1,558.05 $17.39 – $1,583.91

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