Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 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

$525.43

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.

$1,050.85

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.

$20.98 with Trillium vs $998.31 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 $20.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $21.06 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $21.19 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.40 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.80 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.86 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $175.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $278.48 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $326.60 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $327.13 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $335.64 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $381.46 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $386.71 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $422.44 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $430.43 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $455.02 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $464.48 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $488.65 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $525.43 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $544.34 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $550.65 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $561.15 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $586.37 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $630.51 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $683.05 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $683.05 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $696.71 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $709.32 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $756.61 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $809.15 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $840.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $840.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $840.68 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $861.70 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $893.22 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $893.22 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $945.77 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $966.78 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $998.31 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $525.43 $20.98 – $998.31
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $525.43 $21.06 – $924.75
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $525.43 $20.98 – $998.31
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $525.43 $20.98 – $998.31
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $525.43 $20.98 – $966.78
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $525.43 $20.98 – $966.78
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $525.43 $20.98 – $1,008.82
Atrium Health Union Monroe $525.43 $20.98 – $998.31

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