Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$3.90

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.

$7.80

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.

$1.09 with Partners vs $7.41 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 $1.09 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1.12 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1.12 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1.12 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1.13 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1.16 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1.16 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1.31 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1.63 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2.07 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.39 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2.39 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2.39 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2.49 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2.83 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2.87 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3.14 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3.45 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3.63 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3.90 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4.04 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $4.09 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4.17 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $4.35 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4.68 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $5.07 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $5.07 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $5.17 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5.27 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5.62 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6.01 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6.40 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6.63 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $6.63 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7.02 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $7.18 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $7.41 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3.90 $1.17 – $7.41
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3.90 $1.48 – $7.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3.90 $0.96 – $7.41
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3.90 $0.88 – $7.41
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3.90 $1.70 – $7.18
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3.90 $0.78 – $7.18
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3.90 $0.94 – $7.49
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3.90 $1.01 – $7.41

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