Extended culture of oocytes 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

$534.40

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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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$1,068.80

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.

$149.63 with Partners vs $1,015.36 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $149.63 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $150.81 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $153.69 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $153.69 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $153.69 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $155.19 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $158.29 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $158.61 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $178.92 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $223.70 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $283.23 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $332.18 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $332.72 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $341.37 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $387.97 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $393.32 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $429.66 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $437.78 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $462.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $472.41 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $496.99 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $534.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $553.64 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $560.05 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $570.74 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $596.39 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $641.28 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $694.72 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $694.72 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $708.61 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $721.44 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $769.54 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $782.44 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $793.95 ↑ +49%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $805.46 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $807.83 ↑ +51%
Aetna First Health Commercial $822.98 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $855.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $855.04 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $855.04 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $876.42 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $908.48 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $908.48 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $961.92 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $983.30 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,015.36 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Extended culture of oocytes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $534.40 $159.89 – $1,015.36
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $534.40 $203.07 – $1,068.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $534.40 $131.14 – $1,015.36
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $534.40 $120.56 – $1,015.36
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $534.40 $233.11 – $983.30
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $534.40 $106.88 – $983.30
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $534.40 $128.26 – $1,026.05
Atrium Health Union Monroe $534.40 $138.94 – $1,015.36

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