Verteporfin injection 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

$3,244.43

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.

$6,488.85

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.

$11.77 with Humana vs $6,164.41 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.77 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.94 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $12.11 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -100%
Partners Managed Medicaid $908.44 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $915.58 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $933.10 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $933.10 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $933.10 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $942.18 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $961.00 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $962.95 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,086.23 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,358.12 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,719.55 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,990.13 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,990.13 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,990.13 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,072.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,082.92 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,355.45 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,387.90 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,608.52 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,809.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,868.07 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,017.32 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,244.43 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,400.16 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,465.05 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $3,620.78 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,893.31 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,217.75 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,217.75 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,302.11 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,379.97 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,671.97 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,996.41 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,320.86 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,515.52 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $5,515.52 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,839.97 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,969.74 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $6,164.41 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Verteporfin injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,244.43 $1,232.88 – $6,488.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,969.74
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,969.74
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,229.30
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41

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