Bronchoscopy bronch stents 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

$13,052.13

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.

$33,467.00

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.

$1,694.00 with Alliant Health Plan vs $27,318.58 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
Alliant Health Plan Ppo $1,694.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Hmo $3,437.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Hmo/Pos/Ppo $4,714.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,168.36 ↓ -45%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,311.72 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,526.77 ↓ -42%
Caresource Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,670.14 ↓ -41%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,448.00 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Select Exchange $12,616.31 ↓ -3%
Oscar Healthplan Exchange $13,261.46 ↑ +2%
Caresource Exchange $14,049.98 ↑ +8%
Bcbs Shbp Other Commercial Plan $21,562.53 ↑ +65%
Bcbs Hmo/Pos $27,318.58 ↑ +109%

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Bronchoscopy bronch stents at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $13,261.46
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $13,142.21
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $13,261.46
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $12,121.78
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $13,261.46
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $13,052.13 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $13,874.46
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson $13,052.13 $1,694.00 – $19,319.08

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