EKG tracing for initial prev 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

$129.83

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.

$259.65

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.

$5.61 with Cigna Healthspring vs $246.67 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $5.61 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.81 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna Broad Network $9.24 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $36.35 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $36.64 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $37.34 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $37.34 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $37.34 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $37.70 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $38.45 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $38.53 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $43.47 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $54.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $68.81 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $80.70 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $80.83 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $82.93 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $94.25 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $95.55 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $104.38 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $106.35 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $112.43 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $114.77 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $120.74 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $129.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $134.50 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $138.65 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $144.88 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $155.79 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $168.77 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $168.77 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $172.15 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $175.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $186.95 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $199.93 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $207.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $207.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $207.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $212.91 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $220.70 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $220.70 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $233.69 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $238.88 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $246.67 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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EKG tracing for initial prev at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $129.83 $5.61 – $246.67
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $129.83 $5.61 – $259.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $129.83 $5.61 – $246.67
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $129.83 $5.61 – $246.67
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $129.83 $5.61 – $238.88
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $129.83 $5.61 – $238.88
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $129.83 $5.61 – $249.26
Atrium Health Union Monroe $129.83 $5.61 – $246.67

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