Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$148.15

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.

$296.30

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.

$3.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $276.31 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna Broad Network $4.83 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.41 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $9.54 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.57 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $43.51 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $43.95 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $44.33 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $44.33 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $44.33 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $44.33 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $44.76 ↓ -70%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $44.76 ↓ -70%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $45.66 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $64.28 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $77.08 ↓ -48%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $88.97 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $95.70 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $108.20 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $116.54 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $124.51 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial NB $125.94 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network Commercial $128.56 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $135.25 ↓ -9%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $145.43 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $155.90 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $172.47 ↑ +16%
Quik Trip Commercial $189.05 ↑ +28%
GMMI Commercial $189.05 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial SAR $196.32 ↑ +33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $198.65 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $221.63 ↑ +50%
ChoiceCare Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
Aetna First Health Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
Provider Select Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
Healthgram Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $267.58 ↑ +81%
MedCost PPO $273.40 ↑ +85%
Beechstreet Commercial $276.31 ↑ +87%
Multiplan Commercial $276.31 ↑ +87%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $290.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $267.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $267.58
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $148.15 $3.42 – $279.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31

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