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

$659.00

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$1,318.00

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.

$184.26 with Partners vs $1,250.34 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 $184.26 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $185.71 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $189.26 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $189.26 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $189.26 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $191.10 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $194.92 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $195.32 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $220.32 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $229.76 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.14 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $236.52 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $237.22 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $238.03 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $275.47 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $307.62 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $348.78 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $404.76 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $420.38 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $425.12 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $477.76 ↓ -28%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $484.34 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $569.89 ↓ -14%
Employers Health Network Commercial $581.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $612.01 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $658.08 ↓ -0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $682.72 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $689.66 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $702.82 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $734.41 ↑ +11%
Magellan Behavioral Health $789.69 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $855.50 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $855.50 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $872.61 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial SAR $888.40 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $947.63 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,013.44 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,052.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,052.92 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,052.92 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,079.24 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,118.73 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,118.73 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,184.54 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,210.86 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $1,250.34 ↑ +90%
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 $659.00 $196.90 – $1,250.34
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $659.00 $246.12 – $1,158.21
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $659.00 $161.49 – $1,250.34
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $659.00 $148.46 – $1,250.34
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $659.00 $75.38 – $1,210.86
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $659.00 $131.62 – $1,210.86
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $659.00 $157.94 – $1,263.50
Atrium Health Union Monroe $659.00 $171.10 – $1,250.34

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