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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes 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

$92.63

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.

$185.25

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.

$25.94 with Partners vs $170.43 with Beechstreet — 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 $25.94 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $26.14 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $26.64 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $26.64 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $26.64 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $26.90 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $27.44 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $27.49 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $31.01 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $38.77 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $49.09 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $57.58 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $57.67 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $59.17 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $67.25 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $68.17 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $69.84 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $71.24 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.28 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $72.48 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $74.47 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $75.88 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $80.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $81.88 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $86.14 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $92.63 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $95.96 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $97.07 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $98.92 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $103.37 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $111.15 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $120.41 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $120.41 ↑ +30%
Aetna First Health Commercial $122.27 ↑ +32%
MedCost PPO $122.82 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $125.04 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $133.38 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $141.16 ↑ +52%
Cigna Behavioral Health $148.20 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $148.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $148.20 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $150.09 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $157.46 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $157.46 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $166.73 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $170.43 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $92.63 $27.71 – $170.43
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $92.63 $35.20 – $185.25
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $92.63 $22.73 – $166.73
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $92.63 $20.90 – $166.73
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $92.63 $40.40 – $166.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $92.63 $18.53 – $166.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $92.63 $22.23 – $174.14
Atrium Health Union Monroe $92.63 $24.08 – $166.73

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