Radiation physics consult 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

$656.00

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.

$1,312.00

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.

$47.27 with Trillium vs $1,246.40 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 $47.27 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $48.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $81.48 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $83.11 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.33 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $84.56 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $219.63 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $336.79 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $344.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $347.68 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $419.05 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $443.19 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $476.26 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $482.82 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $527.42 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $568.10 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $579.90 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $610.08 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $656.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $679.62 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $687.49 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $700.61 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $732.10 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $787.20 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $852.80 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $852.80 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $869.86 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $885.60 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $944.64 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,010.24 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,049.60 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,049.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,049.60 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,075.84 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,115.20 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,115.20 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,180.80 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,207.04 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,246.40 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Radiation physics consult at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $656.00 $47.27 – $1,246.40
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $656.00 $47.74 – $1,154.56
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $656.00 $47.27 – $1,246.40
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $656.00 $47.27 – $1,246.40
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $656.00 $25.19 – $1,207.04
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $656.00 $47.27 – $1,207.04
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $656.00 $47.27 – $1,259.52
Atrium Health Union Monroe $656.00 $47.27 – $1,246.40

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