Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$2,324.20

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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.

$4,648.40

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.

$598.50 with Cigna Healthspring vs $4,415.98 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 $598.50 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $610.47 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $619.45 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $621.15 ↓ -73%
Partners Managed Medicaid $650.78 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $655.89 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $668.44 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $668.44 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $668.44 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $674.95 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $688.43 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $689.82 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $778.14 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $972.91 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,231.83 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,425.66 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,425.66 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,425.66 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,484.70 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,687.37 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,710.61 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,868.66 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,012.76 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,054.59 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,161.51 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,324.20 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,407.87 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $2,435.76 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,482.25 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,593.81 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,789.04 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,021.46 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,021.46 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,081.89 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,137.67 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,346.85 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,579.27 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,718.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,718.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,718.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,811.69 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,951.14 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,951.14 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,183.56 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,276.53 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,415.98 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,324.20 $598.50 – $4,415.98
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,324.20 $598.50 – $4,648.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,324.20 $570.36 – $4,415.98
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,324.20 $524.34 – $4,415.98
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,324.20 $598.50 – $4,276.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,324.20 $464.84 – $4,276.53
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,324.20 $557.81 – $4,462.46
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,324.20 $598.50 – $4,415.98

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