Ablation cryo thigh/knee at Atrium Health Cleveland

201 E Grover St, Shelby, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1669348991

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$531.95

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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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$1,063.90

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.

$148.95 with Partners vs $1,010.71 with Multiplan — 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $148.95 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $150.12 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $152.99 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $152.99 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $152.99 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $154.48 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $157.56 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $157.88 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $178.10 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $222.67 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $229.76 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.14 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $236.52 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $237.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $281.93 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $339.81 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $343.64 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $386.20 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $391.52 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $460.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $470.24 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $493.44 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $494.71 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $531.95 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $557.48 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $568.12 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $593.66 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $601.10 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $638.34 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $649.30 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $691.54 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $691.54 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $705.37 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $718.13 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $766.01 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $819.20 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $831.44 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $851.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $851.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $851.12 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $872.40 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $904.32 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $904.32 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $957.51 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $978.79 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,010.71 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $531.95 $159.16 – $1,010.71
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $531.95 $198.95 – $1,063.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $531.95 $130.54 – $1,010.71
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $531.95 $120.01 – $1,010.71
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $531.95 $75.38 – $978.79
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $531.95 $106.39 – $978.79
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $531.95 $127.67 – $1,021.34
Atrium Health Union Monroe $531.95 $138.31 – $1,010.71

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