Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at Atrium Health Anson

2301 US Hwy 74 West, Wadesboro, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1891596607

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$174.10

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.

$348.20

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.

$17.34 with Humana vs $330.79 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 $17.34 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.60 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.90 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.69 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.69 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.10 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $52.61 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $92.27 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $106.51 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $129.53 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $139.52 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $139.98 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $149.06 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $150.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $153.90 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $161.91 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $174.10 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $182.46 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $183.61 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $186.64 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $206.48 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $226.33 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $226.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $235.04 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $237.82 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $270.55 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $313.38 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $313.38 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $313.38 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $313.38 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $313.38 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $320.34 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $327.31 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $330.79 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $330.79 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $174.10 $20.90 – $306.42
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $174.10 $17.34 – $330.79
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $174.10 $17.34 – $330.79
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $174.10 $17.34 – $330.79
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $174.10 $8.83 – $320.34
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $174.10 $17.34 – $320.34
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $174.10 $17.34 – $334.27
Atrium Health Union Monroe $174.10 $17.34 – $330.79

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