Endoscopy swallow (fees) i&r 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

$126.08

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.

$252.15

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.

$34.01 with Cigna Healthspring vs $231.98 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $34.01 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.69 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.20 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.30 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $95.82 ↓ -24%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $96.83 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $110.95 ↓ -12%
MedCost PPO $126.08 ↑ +0%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $126.08 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $126.08 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $133.64 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $138.68 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $151.29 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $166.42 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial NB $176.51 ↑ +40%
Employers Health Network Commercial $176.51 ↑ +40%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $180.29 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $189.11 ↑ +50%
GMMI Commercial $189.11 ↑ +50%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $189.11 ↑ +50%
Quik Trip Commercial $189.11 ↑ +50%
Aetna Broad Network $189.11 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $192.14 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial SAR $201.72 ↑ +60%
Multiplan Commercial $201.72 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $201.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $201.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $226.94 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $226.94 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $226.94 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $231.98 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Wellcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Vaya Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Alliance Behavioral Health not published by hospital
Alliance Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Trillium Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Partners Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial not published by hospital

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) i&r at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $126.08 $34.01 – $231.98
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $126.08 $34.01 – $237.02
Atrium Health Union Monroe $126.08 $34.01 – $226.94

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