Insertion of heart electrode 33211 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

$11,789.35

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$23,578.70

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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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$148.25 with Trillium vs $22,399.77 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

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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $148.25 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $149.40 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Partners Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $149.73 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $151.22 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $152.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $154.63 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $155.05 ↓ -99%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,947.07 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,258.31 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $5,503.27 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $6,248.36 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,241.02 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $7,531.04 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $8,559.07 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8,676.96 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $9,478.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $10,209.58 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $10,421.79 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $10,964.10 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $11,789.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $12,213.77 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $12,355.24 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $12,591.03 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $13,156.91 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $14,147.22 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $15,326.16 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $15,326.16 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $15,632.68 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $15,915.62 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $16,976.66 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $18,155.60 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $18,862.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $18,862.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $18,862.96 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $19,334.53 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $20,041.90 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $20,041.90 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $21,220.83 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $21,692.40 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $22,399.77 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $11,789.35 $148.25 – $22,399.77
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $11,789.35 $149.40 – $20,749.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $11,789.35 $148.25 – $22,399.77
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $11,789.35 $148.25 – $22,399.77
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $11,789.35 $148.25 – $21,692.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $11,789.35 $148.25 – $21,692.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $11,789.35 $148.25 – $22,635.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $11,789.35 $148.25 – $22,399.77

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