Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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

$5,897.00

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$5,897.00

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.

$527.42 with Aetna vs $3,180.48 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
Aetna Exchange $527.42 ↓ -91%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $527.42 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $530.93 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Hmo $581.67 ↓ -90%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $632.90 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $661.03 ↓ -89%
Oscar Health Exchange $671.43 ↓ -89%
Humana Hmo/Pos $773.23 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $773.23 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Hmo $777.06 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,298.56 ↓ -78%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,311.55 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,324.54 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,337.52 ↓ -77%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,363.49 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,376.48 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $2,752.96 ↓ -53%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $3,180.48 ↓ -46%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $3,180.48 ↓ -46%

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,410.86
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,223.67
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,432.74
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $3,563.04 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $3,563.04 $942.91 – $2,545.19

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