Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site 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

$100.08

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.

$200.15

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.

$28.07 with Cigna Healthspring vs $190.14 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $28.07 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $28.63 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $29.05 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.13 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $29.94 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $30.24 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $30.50 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $30.50 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $30.50 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $30.50 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -69%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $31.42 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $44.23 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $53.04 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $61.23 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $74.46 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $80.20 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $80.46 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $85.68 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $86.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $88.47 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $93.07 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $100.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $104.88 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $105.54 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $107.28 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $118.69 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $130.10 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $130.10 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $135.10 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $136.70 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $155.52 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $180.14 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $180.14 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $180.14 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $180.14 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $180.14 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $184.14 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $188.14 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $190.14 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $190.14 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $100.08 $28.07 – $176.13
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $100.08 $24.56 – $190.14
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $100.08 $28.02 – $190.14
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $100.08 $22.58 – $190.14
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $100.08 $28.07 – $184.14
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $100.08 $20.02 – $184.14
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $100.08 $24.02 – $192.14
Atrium Health Union Monroe $100.08 $26.02 – $190.14

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