App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm 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

$549.08

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.

$1,098.15

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.

$9.84 with Trillium vs $1,043.24 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.84 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.94 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $10.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $15.43 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.97 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.01 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $46.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $48.24 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $49.99 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $183.83 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $198.33 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $256.31 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $291.01 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $350.75 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $398.63 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $404.12 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $441.46 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $475.50 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $485.38 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $549.08 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $568.84 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $575.43 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $612.77 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $658.89 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $713.80 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $713.80 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $728.07 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $741.25 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $790.67 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $845.58 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $878.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $878.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $878.52 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $900.48 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $933.43 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $933.43 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $988.34 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,010.30 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,043.24 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $549.08 $9.84 – $1,043.24
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $549.08 $9.94 – $966.37
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $549.08 $9.84 – $1,043.24
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $549.08 $9.84 – $1,043.24
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $549.08 $9.84 – $1,432.11
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $549.08 $9.84 – $1,010.30
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $549.08 $9.84 – $1,054.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $549.08 $9.84 – $1,043.24

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