Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$88.83

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.

$177.65

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.

$21.52 with Partners vs $146.02 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 $21.52 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.69 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.32 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $22.76 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $22.81 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $25.73 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $32.17 ↓ -64%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $40.73 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $47.14 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $47.14 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $47.14 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $49.09 ↓ -45%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $49.34 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $55.79 ↓ -37%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $56.56 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $61.79 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial NB $66.55 ↓ -25%
Employers Health Network Commercial $67.94 ↓ -24%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $71.47 ↓ -20%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $76.85 ↓ -13%
Aetna Broad Network $80.54 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $82.08 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $85.76 ↓ -3%
Magellan Behavioral Health $92.22 ↑ +4%
Quik Trip Commercial $99.91 ↑ +12%
GMMI Commercial $99.91 ↑ +12%
MedCost PPO $101.90 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial SAR $103.75 ↑ +17%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $110.66 ↑ +25%
Aetna First Health Commercial $118.35 ↑ +33%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $122.96 ↑ +38%
Cigna Behavioral Health $122.96 ↑ +38%
Healthgram Commercial $122.96 ↑ +38%
ChoiceCare Commercial $126.03 ↑ +42%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $130.65 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial $130.65 ↑ +47%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $138.33 ↑ +56%
Beechstreet Commercial $141.40 ↑ +59%
Multiplan Commercial $146.02 ↑ +64%
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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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $88.83 $22.99 – $146.02
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $88.83 $29.20 – $153.70
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $88.83 $18.86 – $146.02
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $88.83 $17.34 – $146.02
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $88.83 $33.52 – $141.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $88.83 $15.37 – $141.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $88.83 $18.44 – $147.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $88.83 $19.98 – $146.02

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