Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at AdventHealth Polk

101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, NC · AdventHealth · · NPI 1891523718

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,087.91

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.

$4,087.91

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.

$5.69 with BCBS vs $5.69 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
BCBS HMO/PPO $5.69 ↓ -100%

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,981.65
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,324.15 $6.69 – $2,085.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,981.65
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,981.65
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,981.65
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,919.07
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,324.15 $5.82 – $1,919.07
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $5,324.15 $5.82 – $2,002.51

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