Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp 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

$2,118.43

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,236.85

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.

$57.74 with Trillium vs $4,025.01 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $57.74 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $58.89 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $78.51 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $80.08 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.26 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $81.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $198.38 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $709.25 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $765.18 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $988.88 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,122.77 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,353.25 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,537.98 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,559.16 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,703.21 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,834.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,872.69 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,970.14 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,118.43 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,194.69 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $2,220.11 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,262.48 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,364.16 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,542.11 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,753.95 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,753.95 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,809.03 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,859.87 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,050.53 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,262.37 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,389.48 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,389.48 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,389.48 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,474.22 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,601.32 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,601.32 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,813.17 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,897.90 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,025.01 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,118.43 $57.74 – $4,025.01
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,118.43 $58.32 – $3,728.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,118.43 $57.74 – $4,025.01
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,118.43 $57.74 – $4,025.01
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,118.43 $57.74 – $3,897.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,118.43 $57.74 – $3,897.90
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,118.43 $57.74 – $4,067.38
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,118.43 $57.74 – $4,025.01

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