Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$2,100.70

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.

$4,201.40

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.

$77.85 with Cigna Healthspring vs $3,991.33 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 $77.85 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $79.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $80.57 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $80.80 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $101.91 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $103.95 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $390.77 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $703.31 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $758.77 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $980.61 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,113.37 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,341.93 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,357.05 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,525.11 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,546.12 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,819.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,857.02 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,953.65 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,100.70 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,176.33 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $2,201.53 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,243.55 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,344.38 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,520.84 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,730.91 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,730.91 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,785.53 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,835.95 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,025.01 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,235.08 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,361.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,361.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,361.12 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,445.15 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,571.19 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,571.19 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,781.26 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,865.29 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $3,991.33 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,991.33
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,697.23
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,991.33
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,991.33
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,100.70 $75.38 – $3,865.29
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,865.29
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,100.70 $77.85 – $4,033.34
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,100.70 $77.85 – $3,991.33

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