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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$1,145.63

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.

$2,291.25

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.

$25.06 with Wellcare vs $2,176.69 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 $25.06 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $25.06 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.31 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $25.56 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $34.96 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.18 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.28 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $72.79 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $74.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $74.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna Broad Network $82.73 ↓ -93%
MedCost Ultra $101.87 ↓ -91%
MedCost PPO $101.87 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $258.07 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $269.66 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $319.49 ↓ -72%
ChoiceCare Commercial $343.39 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $343.39 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $346.21 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $607.18 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $700.89 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial NB $992.11 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,012.73 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,145.63 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,228.11 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,489.31 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,489.31 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,546.59 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,564.92 ↑ +37%
Provider Select Commercial $2,062.13 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $2,062.13 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,062.13 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $2,062.13 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,107.95 ↑ +84%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,176.69 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $2,176.69 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,145.63 $25.31 – $2,016.30
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,176.69
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,176.69
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,176.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,107.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,107.95
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,199.60
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,145.63 $25.06 – $2,176.69

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