Drainage absc/cyst/hmtma/vestibule mouth smpl 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

$370.48

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.

$740.95

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.

$90.52 with Trillium vs $703.90 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 $90.52 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $92.33 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $111.17 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.39 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.06 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $115.38 ↓ -69%
Alliance Behavioral Health $124.04 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $133.82 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $172.94 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $196.35 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $227.55 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $236.66 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.33 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $268.96 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $272.67 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $320.83 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $327.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $344.54 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $370.48 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $383.81 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $388.26 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $395.67 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $413.45 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $444.57 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $481.62 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $481.62 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $491.25 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $500.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $533.48 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $570.53 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $592.76 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $607.58 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $629.81 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $629.81 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $666.86 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $681.67 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $703.90 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Drainage absc/cyst/hmtma/vestibule mouth smpl at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $370.48 $91.43 – $652.04
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $370.48 $83.58 – $703.90
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $370.48 $75.38 – $681.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $370.48 $74.10 – $681.67
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $370.48 $88.91 – $711.31
Atrium Health Union Monroe $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90

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