Bacterial meningitis antigen at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

3000 Hospital Boulevard, Roswell, GA · Wellstar Health System · · NPI 1750312997

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$66.30

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.

$170.00

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.

$11.54 with Aetna vs $42.35 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.54 ↓ -83%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.77 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.12 ↓ -82%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.35 ↓ -81%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $17.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $18.27 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Select Exchange $20.31 ↓ -69%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $21.35 ↓ -68%
Caresource Exchange $22.62 ↓ -66%
Cigna Hmo $31.86 ↓ -52%
Cigna Ppo $31.86 ↓ -52%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $39.93 ↓ -40%
Bcbs Ppo $42.35 ↓ -36%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $66.30 $11.54 – $31.86
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $66.30 $11.54 – $21.35
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $66.30 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $66.30 $11.54 – $22.62
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $66.30 $17.86 – $39.93

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