Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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

$109.85

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.

$219.70

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.

$25.99 with Partners vs $176.37 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 $25.99 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $26.20 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $26.70 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $26.70 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $26.70 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $26.96 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $27.49 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $27.55 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $31.08 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $32.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.74 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $37.47 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.03 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.13 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $39.68 ↓ -64%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $49.20 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $51.28 ↓ -53%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $59.30 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $59.96 ↓ -45%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $67.39 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $67.47 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $68.32 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial NB $80.39 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network Commercial $82.06 ↓ -25%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $86.33 ↓ -21%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $92.83 ↓ -15%
Aetna Broad Network $97.28 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $99.14 ↓ -10%
MedCost Ultra $103.59 ↓ -6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $104.89 ↓ -5%
Magellan Behavioral Health $111.39 ↑ +1%
Quik Trip Commercial $120.67 ↑ +10%
GMMI Commercial $120.67 ↑ +10%
MedCost PPO $123.09 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial SAR $125.31 ↑ +14%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $133.67 ↑ +22%
Aetna First Health Commercial $142.95 ↑ +30%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $148.52 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $148.52 ↑ +35%
Cigna Behavioral Health $148.52 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $152.23 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial $157.80 ↑ +44%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $157.80 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $167.09 ↑ +52%
Beechstreet Commercial $170.80 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial $176.37 ↑ +61%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $109.85 $27.77 – $176.37
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $109.85 $32.80 – $163.37
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $109.85 $22.78 – $176.37
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $109.85 $20.94 – $176.37
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $109.85 $32.48 – $170.80
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $109.85 $18.57 – $170.80
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $109.85 $22.28 – $178.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $109.85 $24.13 – $176.37

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