Xray place dist ext thor ao 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

$246.60

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.

$493.20

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.

$69.05 with Partners vs $468.54 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 $69.05 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $69.59 ↓ -72%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $70.92 ↓ -71%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $70.92 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $70.92 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $71.61 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $73.04 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $73.19 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $82.56 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $103.23 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $130.70 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $151.56 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $153.29 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $153.53 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $153.79 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $154.21 ↓ -37%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $157.53 ↓ -36%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $179.03 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $181.50 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $198.27 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $202.01 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $213.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $217.99 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $229.34 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $246.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $255.48 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $258.44 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $263.37 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $275.21 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $295.92 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $320.58 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $320.58 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $326.99 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $332.91 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $355.10 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $379.76 ↑ +54%
Cigna Behavioral Health $394.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $394.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $394.56 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $404.42 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $419.22 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $419.22 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $443.88 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $453.74 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $468.54 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Xray place dist ext thor ao at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $246.60 $73.78 – $468.54
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $246.60 $93.71 – $434.02
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $246.60 $60.52 – $468.54
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $246.60 $55.63 – $468.54
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $246.60 $107.57 – $453.74
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $246.60 $49.32 – $453.74
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $246.60 $59.18 – $473.47
Atrium Health Union Monroe $246.60 $64.12 – $468.54

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