X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ 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

$1,061.00

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.

$1,061.00

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.

$98.98 with Aetna vs $455.55 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 Exchange $98.98 ↓ -91%
Cigna Hmo/Pos $98.99 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Blue Pathways Exchange $99.64 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Hmo $109.17 ↓ -90%
Aetna Hpn Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $118.78 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Hpn Other Commercial Plan $124.06 ↓ -88%
Oscar Health Exchange $126.01 ↓ -88%
Bcbs Hmo $145.84 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $147.95 ↓ -86%
Humana Hmo/Pos $147.95 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $175.93 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Blue Value Secure Medicare Managed Care Plan $177.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $179.45 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $181.21 ↓ -83%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $184.73 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $186.49 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $372.97 ↓ -65%
Unitedhealthcare Core/Charter/Nexus Other Commercial Plan $455.55 ↓ -57%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Pos $455.55 ↓ -57%

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X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Redmond Rome $1,940.16 $106.65 – $506.78
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital Atlanta $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55
Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Decatur $1,061.00 $126.01 – $126.01
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia $1,061.00 $98.98 – $455.55

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