External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution 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

$19.83

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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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$39.65

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.

$5.55 with Partners vs $37.67 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $5.55 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $5.59 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $5.70 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $5.70 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $5.70 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $5.76 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $5.87 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $5.88 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6.64 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $8.30 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $10.51 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $12.32 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $12.34 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $12.66 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $14.39 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $14.59 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $15.94 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $16.24 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $17.17 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $17.53 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $18.44 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $19.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.54 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $20.78 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $21.17 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $22.12 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $23.79 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.80 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.15 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $25.77 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $25.77 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $26.29 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $26.76 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $28.55 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $30.53 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $31.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $31.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $31.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $32.51 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $33.70 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $33.70 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $35.69 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $36.48 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $37.67 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $19.83 $5.93 – $37.67
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $19.83 $7.53 – $39.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $19.83 $4.87 – $37.67
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $19.83 $4.47 – $37.67
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $19.83 $8.65 – $85.42
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $19.83 $3.97 – $36.48
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $19.83 $4.76 – $38.06
Atrium Health Union Monroe $19.83 $5.15 – $37.67

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