Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps 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

$1,569.53

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.

$3,139.05

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.

$439.47 with Partners vs $2,982.10 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 $439.47 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $442.92 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $451.40 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $451.40 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $451.40 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $455.79 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $464.89 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $465.84 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $525.48 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $657.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $831.85 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $975.62 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $977.19 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,002.61 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,139.48 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,155.17 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,221.90 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,239.87 ↓ -21%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,257.84 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,261.55 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,261.90 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,285.75 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,359.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,387.46 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,459.66 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,569.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,626.03 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $1,644.86 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,676.25 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,751.59 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,883.43 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,040.38 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,040.38 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,081.19 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,118.86 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,260.12 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,417.07 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,511.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,511.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,511.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,574.02 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,668.19 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,668.19 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,825.15 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,887.93 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,982.10 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,569.53 $469.60 – $2,982.10
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,569.53 $596.42 – $3,139.05
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,569.53 $385.16 – $2,982.10
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,569.53 $354.08 – $2,982.10
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,569.53 $684.63 – $2,887.93
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,569.53 $313.91 – $2,887.93
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,569.53 $376.69 – $3,013.49
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,569.53 $408.08 – $2,982.10

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