Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$535.00

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.

$1,070.00

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.

$76.18 with Wellcare vs $1,016.50 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 $76.18 ↓ -86%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $76.18 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $76.94 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $77.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $90.75 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $92.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.93 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $94.18 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $161.68 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $283.55 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $327.31 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $398.04 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $428.75 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $430.14 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $436.44 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $458.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $463.31 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $472.94 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $497.55 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $535.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $560.68 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $573.52 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $634.51 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $695.50 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $695.50 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $722.25 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $730.81 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $831.39 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $963.00 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $963.00 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $963.00 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $963.00 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $963.00 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $984.40 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $1,005.80 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,016.50 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $1,016.50 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $535.00 $76.94 – $941.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $535.00 $76.18 – $1,016.50
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $535.00 $76.18 – $1,016.50
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $535.00 $76.18 – $1,016.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $535.00 $76.18 – $984.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $535.00 $76.18 – $984.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $535.00 $76.18 – $1,027.20
Atrium Health Union Monroe $535.00 $76.18 – $1,016.50

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