Strep b dna amp probe 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

$87.73

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.

$175.45

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.

$24.56 with Partners vs $166.68 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 $24.56 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $24.76 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.23 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.23 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.23 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.48 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $25.98 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.04 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $29.37 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $30.54 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.79 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.32 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.95 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $46.49 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $54.53 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $54.62 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $56.04 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $63.69 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $64.57 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $70.53 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $71.86 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $75.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $77.55 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $81.58 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $87.73 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $90.88 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $91.94 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $93.69 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $97.90 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $105.27 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $114.04 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $114.04 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $116.32 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $118.43 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $126.32 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $135.10 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $140.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $140.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $140.36 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $143.87 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $149.13 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $149.13 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $157.91 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $161.41 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $166.68 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Strep b dna amp probe at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $87.73 $26.25 – $166.68
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $87.73 $30.54 – $154.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $87.73 $21.53 – $166.68
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $87.73 $19.79 – $166.68
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $87.73 $30.24 – $161.41
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $87.73 $17.55 – $161.41
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $87.73 $21.05 – $168.43
Atrium Health Union Monroe $87.73 $22.81 – $166.68

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