Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$149.28

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.

$298.55

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.

$35.00 with Trillium vs $283.62 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 $35.00 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Partners Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $35.35 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.70 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $49.98 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $79.12 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $80.35 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.53 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $82.71 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $82.95 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $92.79 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $92.94 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $95.36 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $108.37 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $109.87 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $120.02 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $122.29 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $129.27 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $131.96 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $138.83 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $149.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $154.65 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $156.44 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $159.43 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $166.59 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $179.13 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $194.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $194.06 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $197.94 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $201.52 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $214.96 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $229.88 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $238.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $238.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $238.84 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $244.81 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $253.77 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $253.77 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $268.70 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $274.67 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $283.62 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $149.28 $35.00 – $283.62
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $149.28 $35.35 – $262.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $149.28 $35.00 – $283.62
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $149.28 $33.68 – $283.62
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $149.28 $35.00 – $274.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $149.28 $29.86 – $274.67
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $149.28 $35.00 – $286.61
Atrium Health Union Monroe $149.28 $35.00 – $283.62

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