Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 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

$95.08

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.

$190.15

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.

$23.46 with Cigna Healthspring vs $180.64 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.93 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $24.28 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.35 ↓ -74%
Partners Managed Medicaid $26.62 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $26.83 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $27.34 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $27.34 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $27.34 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $27.61 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $28.16 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $28.22 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $31.83 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $39.80 ↓ -58%
Aetna Broad Network $45.27 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $50.39 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.89 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $59.10 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $59.19 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $60.73 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $69.02 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $69.98 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $76.44 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $77.89 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $82.33 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $84.05 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $88.42 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $95.08 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $98.50 ↑ +4%
ChoiceCare Commercial $102.41 ↑ +8%
MedCost Ultra $106.10 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $114.09 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $123.60 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $123.60 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $126.07 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $128.35 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $136.91 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $146.42 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $152.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $152.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $152.12 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $161.63 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $161.63 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $171.14 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $174.94 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $180.64 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Counseling visit to discuss need for ldct g0296 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $95.08 $23.46 – $180.64
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $95.08 $23.46 – $190.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $95.08 $23.33 – $180.64
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $95.08 $21.45 – $180.64
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $95.08 $23.46 – $174.94
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $95.08 $19.02 – $174.94
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $95.08 $22.82 – $182.54
Atrium Health Union Monroe $95.08 $23.46 – $180.64

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