Porfimer sodium injection 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

$45,970.50

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.

$91,941.00

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.

$12,871.74 with Partners vs $87,343.95 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 $12,871.74 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $12,972.88 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13,221.12 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13,221.12 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13,221.12 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13,349.83 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13,616.46 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $13,644.04 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $15,390.92 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $19,243.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $24,364.37 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24,712.99 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25,076.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25,439.84 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25,514.95 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $28,198.30 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $28,198.30 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $28,198.30 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $29,365.96 ↓ -36%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $29,513.06 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $33,374.58 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $33,834.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $36,960.28 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $39,810.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $40,637.92 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $42,752.57 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $45,970.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $48,177.08 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $49,096.49 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $51,303.08 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $55,164.60 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $59,761.65 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $59,761.65 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $60,956.88 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $62,060.18 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $66,197.52 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $70,794.57 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $75,391.62 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $78,149.85 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $78,149.85 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $82,746.90 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $84,585.72 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $87,343.95 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Porfimer sodium injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $45,970.50 $13,754.37 – $87,343.95
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $45,970.50 $17,468.79 – $91,941.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $45,970.50 $11,281.16 – $87,343.95
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $45,970.50 $10,370.94 – $87,343.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $45,970.50 $20,052.33 – $84,585.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $45,970.50 $9,194.10 – $84,585.72
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $45,970.50 $11,032.92 – $88,263.36
Atrium Health Union Monroe $45,970.50 $11,952.33 – $87,343.95

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