Fo nontorsion joint cf 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

$119.00

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.

$238.00

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.

$33.32 with Partners vs $303.87 with United Healthcare — 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 $33.32 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $34.22 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $34.22 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $34.22 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $34.56 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $35.25 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.32 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $39.84 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $42.98 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $49.81 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $55.55 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $63.07 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $73.09 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $76.02 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $86.39 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $87.58 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $95.68 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $103.05 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $105.20 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $108.05 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $110.67 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $119.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $124.71 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $127.09 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $132.80 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $142.80 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $154.70 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $154.70 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $157.79 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $160.65 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $171.36 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $183.26 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $190.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $190.40 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $190.40 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $195.16 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $202.30 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $202.30 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $214.20 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $218.96 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $226.10 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $294.32 ↑ +147%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $298.65 ↑ +151%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $302.98 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $303.87 ↑ +155%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Fo nontorsion joint cf at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $119.00 $35.60 – $255.78
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $119.00 $45.22 – $238.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $119.00 $29.20 – $304.50
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $119.00 $26.85 – $304.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $119.00 $42.77 – $304.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $119.00 $23.80 – $304.50
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $119.00 $28.56 – $302.98
Atrium Health Union Monroe $119.00 $30.94 – $304.50

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