Drainage of rectal abscess 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

$2,353.33

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.

$4,706.65

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.

$109.48 with Trillium vs $4,471.32 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 $109.48 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $110.57 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $111.67 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $153.89 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $156.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $159.28 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $159.71 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $787.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,247.26 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,503.30 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,520.25 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,708.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,732.05 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,037.98 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,080.34 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,182.94 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,188.59 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,353.33 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,466.28 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,513.35 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,626.31 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,659.26 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,823.99 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,872.47 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,059.32 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,059.32 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,120.51 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,176.99 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,388.79 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,624.12 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,678.25 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,765.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,765.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,765.32 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,859.45 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,000.65 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,000.65 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,235.99 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,330.12 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,471.32 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage of rectal abscess at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,471.32
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,353.33 $110.57 – $4,141.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,471.32
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,471.32
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,353.33 $75.38 – $4,330.12
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,330.12
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,518.38
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,353.33 $109.48 – $4,471.32

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