H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$201.73

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.

$403.45

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.

$56.48 with Partners vs $383.28 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 $56.48 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $56.93 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $58.02 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.02 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $58.02 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $58.58 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $59.75 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $59.87 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $67.54 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $68.71 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $69.72 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $70.73 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $70.94 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $83.90 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $106.91 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $125.39 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $125.59 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $128.86 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $146.45 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $148.47 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $162.19 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $165.25 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $174.69 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $178.32 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $187.60 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $201.73 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $208.99 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $211.41 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $215.44 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $225.13 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $242.07 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $262.24 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $262.24 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $267.49 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $272.33 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $290.48 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $310.66 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $322.76 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $322.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $322.76 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $330.83 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $342.93 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $342.93 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $363.11 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $371.17 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $383.28 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $201.73 $60.36 – $383.28
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $201.73 $76.66 – $355.04
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $201.73 $45.51 – $383.28
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $201.73 $48.41 – $387.31
Atrium Health Union Monroe $201.73 $52.45 – $383.28

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