Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath 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

$317.65

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.

$635.30

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.

$95.04 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $619.25 with United Healthcare — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $95.04 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $95.99 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $96.82 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $96.82 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $96.82 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $96.82 ↓ -70%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $97.77 ↓ -69%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $97.77 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $99.74 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $140.40 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $168.35 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $194.34 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $236.33 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $254.56 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $255.39 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $271.97 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $275.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $280.80 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $295.41 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $317.65 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $332.90 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $334.99 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $340.52 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $376.73 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $412.95 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $412.95 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $428.83 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $433.91 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $493.63 ↑ +55%
Healthgram Commercial $571.77 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $571.77 ↑ +80%
ChoiceCare Commercial $571.77 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $571.77 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $571.77 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $584.48 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $597.18 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $599.79 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial $603.54 ↑ +90%
Beechstreet Commercial $603.54 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $608.61 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $617.43 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $619.25 ↑ +95%
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 $317.65 $120.71 – $635.30
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $317.65 $76.24 – $617.43
Atrium Health Union Monroe $317.65 $82.59 – $735.03

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