Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 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

$282.70

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.

$565.40

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.

$84.58 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $537.13 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $84.58 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $85.43 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $86.17 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $86.17 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $86.17 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $86.17 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $87.02 ↓ -69%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $87.02 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $88.77 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $124.95 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $149.83 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $172.96 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $210.33 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $226.56 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $227.29 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $233.18 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $237.84 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $241.34 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $242.01 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $242.05 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $244.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $249.91 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $262.91 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $282.70 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $296.27 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $298.14 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $303.05 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $335.28 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $367.51 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $367.51 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $381.65 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $386.17 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $439.32 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $508.86 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $508.86 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $508.86 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $508.86 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $508.86 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $520.17 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $531.48 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $537.13 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $537.13 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $282.70 $107.43 – $497.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $282.70 $69.37 – $537.13
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $282.70 $79.16 – $537.13
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $282.70 $63.78 – $537.13
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $282.70 $101.60 – $879.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $282.70 $56.54 – $520.17
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $282.70 $67.85 – $542.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $282.70 $73.50 – $537.13

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