Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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

$215.98

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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.

$431.95

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.

$11.76 with Humana vs $410.35 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.93 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $12.11 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.14 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $60.47 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $60.95 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $62.11 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $62.11 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $62.11 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $62.72 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $63.97 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $64.10 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $72.31 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $90.41 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $114.47 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $134.25 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $134.47 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $137.96 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $156.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $158.96 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $173.64 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $176.93 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $187.03 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $190.92 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $200.86 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $215.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $223.75 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $226.34 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $230.66 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $241.03 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $259.17 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $280.77 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $280.77 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $286.38 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $291.57 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $311.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $332.60 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $345.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $345.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $345.56 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $354.20 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $367.16 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $367.16 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $388.76 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $397.39 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $410.35 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $215.98 $11.76 – $410.35
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $215.98 $82.07 – $431.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $215.98 $11.76 – $410.35
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $215.98 $11.76 – $410.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $215.98 $11.76 – $397.39
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $215.98 $11.76 – $397.39
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $215.98 $11.76 – $414.67
Atrium Health Union Monroe $215.98 $11.76 – $410.35

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