Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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

$637.50

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.

$1,275.00

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.

$161.00 with Partners vs $1,092.50 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 $161.00 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $162.27 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $165.37 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $165.37 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $165.37 ↓ -74%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $166.98 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $170.32 ↓ -73%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $170.66 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $192.51 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $207.69 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $240.70 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $268.41 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $304.75 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $353.17 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $367.31 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $417.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $423.20 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $462.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $497.95 ↓ -22%
Employers Health Network Commercial $508.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $522.10 ↓ -18%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $534.75 ↓ -16%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $575.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $602.60 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $614.10 ↓ -4%
MedCost Ultra $641.70 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $690.00 ↑ +8%
GMMI Commercial $747.50 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $747.50 ↑ +17%
MedCost PPO $762.45 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial SAR $776.25 ↑ +22%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $828.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna First Health Commercial $885.50 ↑ +39%
Cigna Behavioral Health $920.00 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $920.00 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $920.00 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $943.00 ↑ +48%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $977.50 ↑ +53%
First Health Commercial $977.50 ↑ +53%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,035.00 ↑ +62%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,058.00 ↑ +66%
Multiplan Commercial $1,092.50 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $637.50 $172.04 – $1,092.50
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $637.50 $218.50 – $1,150.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $637.50 $141.11 – $1,092.50
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $637.50 $129.72 – $1,092.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $637.50 $206.66 – $1,058.00
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $637.50 $115.00 – $1,058.00
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $637.50 $138.00 – $1,104.00
Atrium Health Union Monroe $637.50 $149.50 – $1,092.50

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