Recon, cta for surg plan 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

$1,221.50

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.

$2,443.00

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.

$41.34 with Cigna Healthspring vs $2,320.85 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $41.34 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $42.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $42.79 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $50.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna Broad Network $55.75 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $90.76 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $342.02 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $344.71 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $351.30 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $351.30 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $351.30 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $354.72 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $361.81 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $362.54 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $408.96 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $511.32 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $549.19 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $551.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $647.40 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $725.08 ↓ -41%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $780.29 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $886.81 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $899.02 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $982.09 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,023.10 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,057.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,079.81 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,221.50 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,363.19 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,465.80 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $1,587.95 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,587.95 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,619.71 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,649.03 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,758.96 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,881.11 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,954.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,954.40 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,954.40 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,003.26 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,076.55 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,076.55 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,198.70 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,247.56 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,320.85 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Recon, cta for surg plan at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,320.85
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,443.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,320.85
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,320.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,247.56
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,247.56
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,345.28
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,221.50 $41.34 – $2,320.85

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