Esoph imped function test 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

$597.03

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.

$1,194.05

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.

$42.52 with Wellcare vs $1,134.35 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 $42.52 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $42.52 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $42.95 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $43.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $45.12 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $46.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $46.70 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $46.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna Broad Network $104.78 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $128.86 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $159.03 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $180.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $316.42 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $365.26 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $444.19 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $478.46 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $480.01 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $511.17 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $517.02 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $527.77 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $555.23 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $597.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $640.01 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $708.07 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $776.13 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $776.13 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $805.98 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $815.54 ↑ +37%
Healthgram Commercial $1,074.65 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $1,074.65 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,074.65 ↑ +80%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,074.65 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,074.65 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,098.53 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $1,122.41 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,134.35 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $1,134.35 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Esoph imped function test at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $597.03 $42.95 – $1,050.76
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $597.03 $42.52 – $1,134.35
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $597.03 $42.52 – $1,134.35
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $597.03 $42.52 – $1,134.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $597.03 $42.52 – $1,098.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $597.03 $42.52 – $1,098.53
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $597.03 $42.52 – $1,146.29
Atrium Health Union Monroe $597.03 $42.52 – $1,134.35

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