Reticulated platelet assay 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

$89.35

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.

$178.70

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.

$25.02 with Partners vs $169.77 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 $25.02 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.21 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.70 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.70 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.70 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.95 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $26.47 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.52 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $29.91 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $33.35 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.45 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.99 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $37.53 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.64 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $47.36 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $55.54 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $55.63 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $57.08 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $64.87 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $65.76 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $71.84 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $73.20 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $77.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $78.99 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $83.10 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $89.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $92.57 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $93.64 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $95.43 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $99.71 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $107.22 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $116.16 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $116.16 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $118.48 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $120.62 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $128.66 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $137.60 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $142.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $142.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $142.96 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $146.53 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $151.90 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $151.90 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $160.83 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $164.40 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $169.77 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Reticulated platelet assay at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $89.35 $26.73 – $169.77
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $89.35 $33.35 – $157.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $89.35 $21.93 – $169.77
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $89.35 $20.16 – $169.77
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $89.35 $33.02 – $164.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $89.35 $17.87 – $164.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $89.35 $21.44 – $171.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $89.35 $23.23 – $169.77

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