Bowel imaging 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

$745.29

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.

$1,911.00

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.

$406.05 with Aetna vs $1,547.47 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 $406.05 ↓ -46%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $414.17 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $426.36 ↓ -43%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $434.48 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Select Exchange $714.65 ↓ -4%
Cigna Ppo $714.95 ↓ -4%
Cigna Hmo $714.95 ↓ -4%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $751.20 ↑ +1%
Caresource Exchange $795.86 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,111.74 ↑ +49%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $1,221.41 ↑ +64%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,434.14 ↑ +92%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $1,547.47 ↑ +108%

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Bowel imaging at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $745.29 $406.05 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $745.29 $402.40 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $745.29 $406.05 – $1,111.74
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $745.29 $326.74 – $714.95
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $745.29 $406.05 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $745.29 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $745.29 $400.98 – $1,111.74
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $745.29 $714.95 – $1,434.14

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