Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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

$351.95

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.

$703.90

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.

$35.34 with Wellcare vs $668.71 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
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $35.34 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $35.34 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $36.05 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $39.04 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $40.41 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $40.52 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $106.36 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $118.36 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $134.84 ↓ -62%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $186.53 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $215.32 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $227.36 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $261.85 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $282.05 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $301.34 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $304.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $311.12 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $327.31 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $351.95 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $368.84 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $377.29 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $417.41 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $457.54 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $457.54 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $475.13 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $480.76 ↑ +37%
Healthgram Commercial $633.51 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $633.51 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $633.51 ↑ +80%
ChoiceCare Commercial $633.51 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $633.51 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $647.59 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $661.67 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $668.71 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $668.71 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $351.95 $35.69 – $619.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $351.95 $35.34 – $668.71
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $351.95 $35.34 – $668.71
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $351.95 $35.34 – $668.71
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $351.95 $35.34 – $647.59
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $351.95 $35.34 – $647.59
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $351.95 $35.34 – $675.74
Atrium Health Union Monroe $351.95 $35.34 – $668.71

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