Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 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

$21,849.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$43,698.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$268.50 with Trillium vs $33,304.86 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Trillium Managed Medicaid $268.50 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Partners Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $271.19 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $273.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $276.21 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $281.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $285.88 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $286.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $590.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna Broad Network $651.95 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,011.21 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,675.79 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $5,868.67 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $6,331.43 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $8,182.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $9,290.30 ↓ -57%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $11,197.45 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $12,725.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $12,901.25 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $14,093.22 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial NB $15,180.01 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network Commercial $15,495.53 ↓ -29%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $17,528.88 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $18,159.91 ↓ -17%
MedCost Ultra $19,562.22 ↓ -10%
Magellan Behavioral Health $21,034.65 ↓ -4%
Quik Trip Commercial $22,787.54 ↑ +4%
GMMI Commercial $22,787.54 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $23,243.29 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial SAR $23,663.98 ↑ +8%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $25,241.58 ↑ +16%
Aetna First Health Commercial $26,994.47 ↑ +24%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Cigna Behavioral Health $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Healthgram Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
ChoiceCare Commercial $28,747.36 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial $29,799.09 ↑ +36%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $29,799.09 ↑ +36%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $31,551.98 ↑ +44%
Beechstreet Commercial $32,253.13 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $33,304.86 ↑ +52%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $21,849.00 $268.50 – $33,304.86
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $21,849.00 $271.19 – $30,850.82
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $21,849.00 $268.50 – $33,304.86
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $21,849.00 $268.50 – $33,304.86
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $21,849.00 $268.50 – $32,253.13
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $21,849.00 $268.50 – $32,253.13
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $21,849.00 $268.50 – $33,655.44
Atrium Health Union Monroe $21,849.00 $268.50 – $33,304.86

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →