Asp core fat pad 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

$3,567.08

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.

$7,134.15

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.

$190.32 with Humana vs $6,777.44 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 $190.32 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $193.12 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $195.92 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.49 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $998.78 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,006.63 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,025.89 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,025.89 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,025.89 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,035.88 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,056.57 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,058.71 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,194.26 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,493.18 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,831.34 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,874.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,890.55 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,278.65 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,409.92 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,589.70 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,625.37 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,867.93 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,089.09 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,153.29 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,317.38 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,567.08 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,695.49 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $3,738.29 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,809.64 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $3,980.86 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,280.49 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,637.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,637.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,729.94 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,815.55 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,136.59 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,493.30 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,707.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,707.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,707.32 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,850.00 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $6,064.03 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,064.03 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,420.74 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,563.42 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $6,777.44 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Asp core fat pad at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,567.08 $1,355.49 – $7,134.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,567.08 $190.14 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,563.42
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,563.42
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,848.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44

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