Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 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

$2,986.75

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.

$5,973.50

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.

$131.38 with Wellcare vs $5,674.83 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 $131.38 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $131.38 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $134.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $192.88 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $196.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $199.63 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $200.18 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $902.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,582.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,827.29 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,929.44 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,222.14 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,393.58 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,557.26 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,586.53 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,640.29 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,777.68 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,986.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,130.11 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,149.83 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,201.80 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $3,542.29 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,882.78 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,882.78 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,032.11 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,079.90 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,468.18 ↑ +50%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,495.62 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $5,615.09 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,674.83 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $5,674.83 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,986.75 $132.69 – $5,256.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,986.75 $75.38 – $5,495.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,495.62
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,734.56
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83

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