Nushield 1 square 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

$937.50

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.

$1,875.00

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.

$55.30 with Partners vs $375.25 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 $55.30 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $55.73 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $56.80 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $56.80 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $56.80 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $57.35 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $58.50 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $58.62 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $66.12 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $71.34 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $82.67 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $92.19 ↓ -90%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $104.68 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $121.30 ↓ -87%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $126.16 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $143.39 ↓ -85%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $145.36 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $158.79 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial NB $171.04 ↓ -82%
Employers Health Network Commercial $174.59 ↓ -81%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $179.33 ↓ -81%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $183.68 ↓ -80%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $197.50 ↓ -79%
Aetna Broad Network $206.98 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $210.93 ↓ -78%
MedCost Ultra $220.41 ↓ -76%
Magellan Behavioral Health $237.00 ↓ -75%
GMMI Commercial $256.75 ↓ -73%
Quik Trip Commercial $256.75 ↓ -73%
MedCost PPO $261.89 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial SAR $266.63 ↓ -72%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $284.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $304.15 ↓ -68%
Cigna Behavioral Health $316.00 ↓ -66%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $316.00 ↓ -66%
Healthgram Commercial $316.00 ↓ -66%
ChoiceCare Commercial $323.90 ↓ -65%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $335.75 ↓ -64%
First Health Commercial $335.75 ↓ -64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $355.50 ↓ -62%
Beechstreet Commercial $363.40 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Commercial $375.25 ↓ -60%
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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Nushield 1 square cm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $937.50 $59.09 – $375.25
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $937.50 $75.05 – $395.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $937.50 $48.47 – $375.25
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $937.50 $44.56 – $375.25
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $937.50 $70.98 – $363.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $937.50 $39.50 – $363.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $937.50 $47.40 – $379.20
Atrium Health Union Monroe $937.50 $51.35 – $375.25

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