Remove wrist tendon lesion 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

$3,701.75

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.

$7,403.50

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.

$223.87 with Trillium vs $7,033.33 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 $223.87 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $226.11 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $228.35 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $307.20 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $313.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $317.95 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $318.83 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,239.35 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,337.07 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,727.98 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,961.93 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,273.61 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,364.68 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,687.47 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,724.49 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,976.21 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,205.72 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,272.35 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,442.63 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,701.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,835.01 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $3,879.43 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,953.47 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $4,131.15 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,442.10 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,812.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,812.28 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,908.52 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,997.36 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,330.52 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,700.70 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,922.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,922.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,922.80 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,070.87 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $6,292.98 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,292.98 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,663.15 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,811.22 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $7,033.33 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Remove wrist tendon lesion at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,701.75 $223.87 – $7,033.33
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,701.75 $226.11 – $6,515.08
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,701.75 $223.87 – $7,033.33
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,701.75 $223.87 – $7,033.33
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,701.75 $223.87 – $6,811.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,701.75 $223.87 – $6,811.22
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,701.75 $223.87 – $7,107.36
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,701.75 $223.87 – $7,033.33

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