#cf-97variants 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

$667.60

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.

$1,335.20

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.

$186.93 with Partners vs $1,268.44 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $186.93 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $188.40 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $192.00 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $192.00 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $192.00 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $193.87 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $197.74 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $198.14 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $223.51 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $279.46 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $353.83 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $414.98 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $415.65 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $426.46 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $484.68 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $491.35 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $536.75 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $546.90 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $567.73 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $576.08 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $578.14 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $584.43 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $586.16 ↓ -12%
Employers Health Network Commercial $590.16 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $620.87 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $667.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $691.63 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $699.64 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $713.00 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $745.04 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $801.12 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $867.88 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $867.88 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $885.24 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $901.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $961.34 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,028.10 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,068.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,068.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,068.16 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,094.86 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,134.92 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,134.92 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,201.68 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,228.38 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,268.44 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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#cf-97variants at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $667.60 $199.75 – $1,268.44
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $667.60 $253.69 – $1,335.20
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $667.60 $163.83 – $1,268.44
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $667.60 $150.61 – $1,268.44
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $667.60 $232.33 – $1,228.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $667.60 $133.52 – $1,228.38
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $667.60 $160.22 – $1,281.79
Atrium Health Union Monroe $667.60 $173.58 – $1,268.44

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