MRA without fol w/cont, pelvis 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

$2,356.90

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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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$4,713.80

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 $4,478.11 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 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $347.10 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $352.13 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $353.17 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $659.93 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $665.12 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $677.84 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $677.84 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $677.84 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $684.44 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $698.11 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $699.53 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $789.09 ↓ -67%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $986.60 ↓ -58%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,159.59 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,235.96 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,249.16 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,446.30 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,505.59 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,525.86 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,711.11 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,734.68 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,894.95 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,041.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,083.50 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,356.90 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,517.17 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,630.30 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,828.28 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $3,063.97 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,063.97 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,125.25 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,181.82 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,393.94 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,629.63 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,771.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,771.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,771.04 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,865.32 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,006.73 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,006.73 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,242.42 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,336.70 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,478.11 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRA without fol w/cont, pelvis at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,478.11
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,356.90 $895.62 – $4,713.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,478.11
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,356.90 $341.74 – $4,478.11
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,336.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,336.70
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,525.25
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,356.90 $346.46 – $4,478.11

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