F-18 sodium fluoride 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

$1,379.98

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$2,759.95

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.

$386.39 with Partners vs $2,621.95 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

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 $386.39 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $389.43 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $396.88 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $396.88 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $396.88 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $400.74 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $408.75 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $409.58 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $462.02 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $577.66 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $731.39 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $846.48 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $846.48 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $846.48 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $881.53 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,001.86 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,015.66 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,109.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,195.06 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,219.90 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,283.38 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,379.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,429.65 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $1,446.21 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,473.81 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,540.05 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,655.97 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $1,793.97 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,793.97 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,829.85 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,862.97 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,987.16 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,125.16 ↑ +54%
Healthgram Commercial $2,207.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,207.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,207.96 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,263.16 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,345.96 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,345.96 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,483.96 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,539.15 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,621.95 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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F-18 sodium fluoride at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,379.98 $412.89 – $2,621.95
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,379.98 $524.39 – $2,759.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,379.98 $338.65 – $2,621.95
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,379.98 $311.32 – $2,621.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,379.98 $601.95 – $2,539.15
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,379.98 $276.00 – $2,539.15
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,379.98 $331.19 – $2,649.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,379.98 $358.79 – $2,621.95

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