Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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

$17.50

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.

$35.00

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.

$4.01 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $181.42 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 $4.01 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $4.05 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $4.12 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $4.12 ↓ -76%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $4.20 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -66%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $7.10 ↓ -59%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $8.19 ↓ -53%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $9.96 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $10.73 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $10.77 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $11.46 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial NB $11.60 ↓ -34%
Employers Health Network Commercial $11.84 ↓ -32%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $12.45 ↓ -29%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $13.39 ↓ -23%
Aetna Broad Network $14.03 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $14.12 ↓ -19%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $14.35 ↓ -18%
MedCost Ultra $15.88 ↓ -9%
Quik Trip Commercial $17.41 ↓ -1%
GMMI Commercial $17.41 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial SAR $18.08 ↑ +3%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $18.29 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.81 ↑ +19%
Healthgram Commercial $24.10 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial $24.10 ↑ +38%
ChoiceCare Commercial $24.10 ↑ +38%
Provider Select Commercial $24.10 ↑ +38%
Aetna First Health Commercial $24.10 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $24.64 ↑ +41%
MedCost PPO $25.17 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $25.44 ↑ +45%
Beechstreet Commercial $25.44 ↑ +45%
Humana Medicare Advantage $175.72 ↑ +904%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $178.30 ↑ +919%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $180.88 ↑ +934%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $181.42 ↑ +937%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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