Microdissection laser 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

$622.95

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.

$1,245.90

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.

$48.69 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,183.61 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 $48.69 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.66 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.39 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.53 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $174.43 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $175.80 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $179.16 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $179.16 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $179.16 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $180.90 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $184.52 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $184.89 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $208.56 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $260.77 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $330.16 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $387.23 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $387.85 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $397.94 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $452.26 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $458.49 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $500.85 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $510.32 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $539.47 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $550.69 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $579.34 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $622.95 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $645.38 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $652.85 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $665.31 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $695.21 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $747.54 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $809.84 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $809.84 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $826.03 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $840.98 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $897.05 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $959.34 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $996.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $996.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $996.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,021.64 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,059.02 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,059.02 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,121.31 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,146.23 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,183.61 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Microdissection laser at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $622.95 $48.69 – $1,183.61
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $622.95 $48.69 – $1,245.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $622.95 $48.69 – $1,183.61
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $622.95 $48.69 – $1,183.61
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $622.95 $48.69 – $1,146.23
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $622.95 $48.69 – $1,146.23
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $622.95 $48.69 – $1,196.06
Atrium Health Union Monroe $622.95 $48.69 – $1,183.61

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