Pt evaluation low complexity patient/family 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

$202.08

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.

$404.15

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.

$56.58 with Partners vs $383.94 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 $56.58 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $57.03 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $58.12 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.12 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $58.12 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $58.68 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $59.85 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $59.98 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $67.65 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $68.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $94.11 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $95.99 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.40 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.67 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $107.10 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $125.61 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $125.81 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $129.09 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $146.71 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $148.73 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $162.47 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $165.54 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $175.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $178.63 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $187.93 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $202.08 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $209.35 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $211.77 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $215.82 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $225.52 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $242.49 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $262.70 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $262.70 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $267.95 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $272.80 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $290.99 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $311.20 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $323.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $323.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $323.32 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $331.40 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $343.53 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $343.53 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $363.74 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $371.82 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $383.94 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $202.08 $60.46 – $383.94
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $202.08 $68.13 – $355.65
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $202.08 $48.50 – $387.98
Atrium Health Union Monroe $202.08 $52.54 – $383.94

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