CT neck soft tissue without contrast 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

$1,363.35

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.

$2,726.70

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.

$53.29 with Trillium vs $2,590.37 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 $53.29 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $54.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $56.77 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $57.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $58.76 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.92 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $456.45 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $612.96 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $615.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $722.58 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $809.28 ↓ -41%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $870.91 ↓ -36%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $989.79 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,003.43 ↓ -26%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,023.10 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,096.13 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,180.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,205.20 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,363.35 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,456.06 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,521.50 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,636.02 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $1,772.36 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,772.36 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,807.80 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,840.52 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,963.22 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,099.56 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,181.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,181.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,181.36 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,235.89 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,317.70 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,317.70 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,454.03 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,508.56 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,590.37 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,590.37
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,363.35 $53.82 – $2,399.50
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,590.37
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,590.37
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,508.56
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,508.56
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,617.63
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,363.35 $53.29 – $2,590.37

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