X-ray surgical specimen at Emory Hospital Warner Robins

1601 Watson Boulevard, Warner Robins, GA · Emoryhealthcare · · NPI 1962435792

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$1,834.00

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.

$1,834.00

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.

$40.71 with Aetna vs $1,203.95 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 $40.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $40.71 ↓ -98%
Bcbs Pathway Exchange $40.98 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $57.62 ↓ -97%
Bcbs Hmo $59.98 ↓ -97%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $489.48 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $494.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $499.27 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $504.17 ↓ -73%
Clover Health Medicare Managed Care Plan $513.96 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $518.85 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Health Peach State Exchange $1,037.71 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,203.95 ↓ -34%

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X-ray surgical specimen at other Georgia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell $457.47 $19.62 – $1,026.75
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville $457.47 $19.62 – $1,017.52
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta $457.47 $19.62 – $1,026.75
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta $457.47 $19.62 – $938.51
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell $457.47 $19.62 – $1,026.75
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram $457.47 $19.62 – $1,026.75
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280 $457.47 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin $457.47 $19.62 – $1,074.21

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