Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging 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

$1,559.55

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.

$3,119.10

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.

$200.84 with Trillium vs $2,963.15 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $200.84 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $202.85 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $204.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $208.72 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $212.89 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $216.03 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $216.62 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $522.14 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $563.31 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $728.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $826.56 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $957.88 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $996.24 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,007.47 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,132.23 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,147.83 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,350.57 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,378.64 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,450.38 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,559.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,615.69 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $1,634.41 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,665.60 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,740.46 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,871.46 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,027.42 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,027.42 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,067.96 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,105.39 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,245.75 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,401.71 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,495.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,495.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,495.28 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,557.66 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,651.24 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,651.24 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,807.19 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,869.57 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,963.15 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,963.15
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,559.55 $202.85 – $2,744.81
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,963.15
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,963.15
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,559.55 $75.38 – $2,869.57
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,869.57
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,994.34
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,559.55 $200.84 – $2,963.15

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