MRA w/cont, abd 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

$1,907.28

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.

$3,814.55

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.

$342.07 with Humana vs $3,623.82 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $342.07 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $347.10 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $352.13 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $353.17 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $534.04 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $538.23 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $548.53 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $548.53 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $548.53 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $553.87 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $564.93 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $566.08 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $638.56 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $798.39 ↓ -58%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $938.38 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,000.18 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,010.86 ↓ -47%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,218.37 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,234.77 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,384.68 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,403.75 ↓ -26%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,446.30 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,533.45 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,651.70 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,686.03 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,907.28 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,036.97 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,128.52 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,288.73 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $2,479.46 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,479.46 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,529.05 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,574.82 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,746.48 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,937.20 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,051.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,051.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,051.64 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,127.93 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,242.37 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $3,242.37 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,433.10 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,509.39 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $3,623.82 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRA w/cont, abd at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,623.82
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,907.28 $724.76 – $3,814.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,623.82
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,907.28 $341.74 – $3,623.82
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,509.39
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,509.39
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,661.97
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,907.28 $346.46 – $3,623.82

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