Drainage of urethra abscess 53060 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

$3,658.75

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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$7,317.50

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.

$126.64 with Trillium vs $6,951.63 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 $126.64 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $127.91 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $129.17 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $153.32 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $156.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $158.69 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $159.12 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,224.95 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,939.14 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,337.21 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,363.55 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,656.25 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,692.84 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,168.48 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,234.34 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3,393.86 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,402.64 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,658.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,834.37 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,907.55 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $4,083.17 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,134.39 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,390.50 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,465.87 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,756.38 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,756.38 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,851.50 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,939.31 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,268.60 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,634.48 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,718.63 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,854.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,854.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,854.00 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,000.35 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,219.88 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $6,219.88 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,585.75 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,732.10 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $6,951.63 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage of urethra abscess 53060 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,658.75 $126.64 – $6,951.63
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,658.75 $127.91 – $6,439.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,658.75 $126.64 – $6,951.63
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,658.75 $126.64 – $6,951.63
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,658.75 $75.38 – $6,732.10
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,658.75 $126.64 – $6,732.10
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,658.75 $126.64 – $7,024.80
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,658.75 $126.64 – $6,951.63

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