Treatment of thigh fracture 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

$119.75

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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.

$239.50

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.

$33.53 with Partners vs $769.64 with United Healthcare — 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 $33.53 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $33.79 ↓ -72%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $34.44 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $34.44 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $34.44 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $34.78 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $35.47 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.54 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $40.09 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $50.13 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $63.47 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $76.50 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $77.36 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $86.94 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $88.14 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $103.70 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $105.86 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $111.08 ↓ -7%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $111.37 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $119.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $125.50 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $127.89 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $133.64 ↑ +12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $135.32 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $143.70 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $146.17 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $155.68 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $155.68 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $158.79 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $161.66 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $172.44 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $184.42 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $187.17 ↑ +56%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $191.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $191.60 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $191.60 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $196.39 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $203.58 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $203.58 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $215.55 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $220.34 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $227.53 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $741.57 ↑ +519%
Humana Medicare Advantage $756.40 ↑ +532%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $767.52 ↑ +541%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $769.64 ↑ +543%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Treatment of thigh fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $119.75 $35.83 – $756.40
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $119.75 $44.79 – $239.50
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $119.75 $29.39 – $926.96
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $119.75 $27.02 – $926.96
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $119.75 $52.23 – $926.96
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $119.75 $23.95 – $926.96
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $119.75 $28.74 – $756.40
Atrium Health Union Monroe $119.75 $31.14 – $926.96

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