Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$105.33

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.

$210.65

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.

$10.09 with Humana vs $200.12 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 $10.09 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.24 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.42 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $12.19 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $12.31 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $12.43 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $35.26 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $55.82 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $65.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $65.58 ↓ -38%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $67.28 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $76.47 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $77.52 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $84.68 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $86.28 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $91.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $93.11 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $97.95 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $105.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $109.12 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $110.38 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $112.49 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $117.54 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $126.39 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $136.92 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $136.92 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $139.66 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $142.19 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $151.67 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $162.20 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $168.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $168.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $168.52 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $172.73 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $179.05 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $179.05 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $189.59 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $193.80 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $200.12 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $105.33 $10.09 – $200.12
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $105.33 $12.31 – $185.37
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $105.33 $10.09 – $200.12
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $105.33 $10.09 – $200.12
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $105.33 $7.18 – $193.80
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $105.33 $10.09 – $193.80
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $105.33 $10.09 – $202.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $105.33 $10.09 – $200.12

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