Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right 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

$567.78

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.

$1,135.55

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.

$31.61 with Trillium vs $1,058.78 with Beechstreet — 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $31.61 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $31.61 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $31.93 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $32.24 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $33.90 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.18 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $63.81 ↓ -89%
MedCost Ultra $94.86 ↓ -83%
MedCost PPO $94.86 ↓ -83%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $104.51 ↓ -82%
Aetna Broad Network $115.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $120.64 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $122.89 ↓ -78%
Alliance Behavioral Health $168.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $295.34 ↓ -48%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $340.93 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $366.78 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $446.58 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $477.12 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial NB $482.58 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network Commercial $492.61 ↓ -13%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $557.25 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $597.37 ↑ +5%
Quik Trip Commercial $724.43 ↑ +28%
GMMI Commercial $724.43 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial SAR $752.29 ↑ +32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $761.20 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial $1,003.05 ↑ +77%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,003.05 ↑ +77%
Healthgram Commercial $1,003.05 ↑ +77%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,003.05 ↑ +77%
Provider Select Commercial $1,003.05 ↑ +77%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,025.34 ↑ +81%
Multiplan Commercial $1,058.78 ↑ +86%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,058.78 ↑ +86%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $567.78 $31.93 – $980.76
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $567.78 $31.61 – $1,058.78

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