Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$220.15

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.

$440.30

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.

$61.64 with Partners vs $418.29 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 $61.64 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $62.13 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $63.32 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $63.32 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $63.32 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $63.93 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $65.21 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $65.34 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $73.71 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $92.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $116.68 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $132.18 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $134.82 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $136.81 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $137.18 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $140.63 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $142.22 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $159.83 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $162.03 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $190.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $194.61 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $204.21 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $204.74 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $220.15 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $230.72 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $235.12 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $245.69 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $248.77 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $264.18 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $268.72 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $286.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $286.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $291.92 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $297.20 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $317.02 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $339.03 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $344.09 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $352.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $352.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $352.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $361.05 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $374.26 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $374.26 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $396.27 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $405.08 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $418.29 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $220.15 $65.87 – $418.29
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $220.15 $82.34 – $387.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $220.15 $54.02 – $418.29
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $220.15 $49.67 – $418.29
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $220.15 $75.38 – $405.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $220.15 $44.03 – $405.08
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $220.15 $52.84 – $422.69
Atrium Health Union Monroe $220.15 $57.24 – $418.29

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