Ibuprofen injection 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

$80.23

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.

$160.45

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.

$22.32 with Partners vs $151.43 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 $22.32 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.92 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.92 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.92 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $23.14 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $23.61 ↓ -71%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $23.65 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $26.68 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $33.36 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $42.24 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $48.89 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $48.89 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $48.89 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $50.91 ↓ -37%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.17 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $57.86 ↓ -28%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $58.66 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $64.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $69.02 ↓ -14%
Employers Health Network Commercial $70.45 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $74.12 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $79.70 ↓ -1%
Aetna Broad Network $83.53 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $85.12 ↑ +6%
MedCost Ultra $88.95 ↑ +11%
Magellan Behavioral Health $95.64 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $103.61 ↑ +29%
GMMI Commercial $103.61 ↑ +29%
MedCost PPO $105.68 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial SAR $107.60 ↑ +34%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $114.77 ↑ +43%
Aetna First Health Commercial $122.74 ↑ +53%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $127.52 ↑ +59%
Cigna Behavioral Health $127.52 ↑ +59%
Healthgram Commercial $127.52 ↑ +59%
ChoiceCare Commercial $130.71 ↑ +63%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $135.49 ↑ +69%
First Health Commercial $135.49 ↑ +69%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $143.46 ↑ +79%
Beechstreet Commercial $146.65 ↑ +83%
Multiplan Commercial $151.43 ↑ +89%
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Ibuprofen injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $80.23 $23.85 – $151.43
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $80.23 $30.29 – $159.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $80.23 $19.56 – $151.43
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $80.23 $17.98 – $151.43
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $80.23 $34.77 – $146.65
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $80.23 $15.94 – $146.65
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $80.23 $19.13 – $153.02
Atrium Health Union Monroe $80.23 $20.72 – $151.43

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