Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 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

$3,213.03

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$6,426.05

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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.

$118.52 with Trillium vs $6,104.75 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

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 $118.52 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $119.71 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $120.89 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $129.77 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $132.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $134.31 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $134.68 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $412.05 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $455.84 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,075.72 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,160.54 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,499.84 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,702.90 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,052.48 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,332.66 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,364.79 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,583.27 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,782.48 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,840.31 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,988.11 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,213.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,328.69 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $3,367.25 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $3,585.74 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,855.63 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,176.93 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,176.93 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,260.47 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,337.58 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,626.76 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,948.06 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,140.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,140.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,140.84 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,269.36 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $5,462.14 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,462.14 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,783.45 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,911.97 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $6,104.75 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,213.03 $118.52 – $6,104.75
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,213.03 $119.71 – $5,654.92
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,213.03 $118.52 – $6,104.75
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,213.03 $118.52 – $6,104.75
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,213.03 $118.52 – $5,911.97
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,213.03 $118.52 – $5,911.97
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,213.03 $118.52 – $6,169.01
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,213.03 $118.52 – $6,104.75

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