Incision of burn scab initi 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

$350.98

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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.

$701.95

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.

$98.27 with Partners vs $666.85 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 $98.27 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $99.05 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $100.94 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $100.94 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $100.94 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $101.92 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $103.96 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $104.17 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $117.51 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $146.92 ↓ -58%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $179.28 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $182.87 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $185.55 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $186.02 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $186.07 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $224.20 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $226.73 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $254.81 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $258.32 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $303.94 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $310.26 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $325.56 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $326.41 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $350.98 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $367.82 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $374.84 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $391.69 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $396.60 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $421.17 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $428.40 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $456.27 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $456.27 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $465.39 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $473.82 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $505.40 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $540.50 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $548.57 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $561.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $561.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $561.56 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $575.60 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $596.66 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $596.66 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $631.76 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $645.79 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $666.85 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Incision of burn scab initi at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $350.98 $105.01 – $666.85
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $350.98 $131.26 – $617.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $350.98 $86.13 – $666.85
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $350.98 $79.18 – $666.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $350.98 $75.38 – $645.79
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $350.98 $70.20 – $645.79
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $350.98 $84.23 – $673.87
Atrium Health Union Monroe $350.98 $91.25 – $666.85

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