Plmt nephroureteral catheter 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

$5,877.83

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$11,755.65

Gross charge

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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.

$231.53 with Cigna Healthspring vs $11,167.87 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

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 $231.53 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $234.89 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $236.16 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $237.24 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $239.59 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $239.63 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.29 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,967.90 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,123.07 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,743.77 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,115.25 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,610.16 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,754.75 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,267.30 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,326.08 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,725.77 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,090.20 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,196.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,466.38 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $5,877.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,089.43 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $6,159.96 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,277.52 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $6,559.65 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,053.39 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $7,641.17 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $7,641.17 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $7,794.00 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $7,935.06 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $8,464.07 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $9,051.85 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $9,404.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $9,404.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $9,404.52 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,639.63 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $9,992.30 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $9,992.30 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,580.09 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $10,815.20 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $11,167.87 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,877.83 $231.53 – $11,167.87
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,877.83 $231.53 – $10,344.97
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,877.83 $231.53 – $11,167.87
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $5,877.83 $231.53 – $11,167.87
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $5,877.83 $200.93 – $10,815.20
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,877.83 $231.53 – $10,815.20
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $5,877.83 $231.53 – $11,285.42
Atrium Health Union Monroe $5,877.83 $231.53 – $11,167.87

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