Ins mark thor for right perq 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

$1,860.45

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.

$3,720.90

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.

$161.04 with Cigna Healthspring vs $3,534.86 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $161.04 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $164.26 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $166.68 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $167.14 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $520.93 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $525.02 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $535.07 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $535.07 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $535.07 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $540.27 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $551.07 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $552.18 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $622.88 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $671.99 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $778.78 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $868.46 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $986.04 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,142.69 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,188.46 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,350.69 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,369.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,495.80 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,611.15 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,644.64 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,730.22 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,860.45 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,927.43 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $1,949.75 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,986.96 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,076.26 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,232.54 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,418.59 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,418.59 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,466.96 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,511.61 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,679.05 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,865.09 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,976.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,976.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,976.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,051.14 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,162.77 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,162.77 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,348.81 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,423.23 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $3,534.86 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ins mark thor for right perq at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,534.86
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,720.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,534.86
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,534.86
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,423.23
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,423.23
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,572.06
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,860.45 $161.04 – $3,534.86

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