Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$1,346.93

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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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$2,693.85

Gross charge

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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.

$142.50 with Wellcare vs $2,559.16 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 $142.50 ↓ -89%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $142.50 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
Partners Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $143.93 ↓ -89%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $145.35 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $225.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $228.59 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $231.91 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $232.59 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $407.04 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $435.58 ↓ -68%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $713.87 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $824.05 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $870.11 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,002.11 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,079.43 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,153.24 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,166.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,190.68 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,252.64 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,346.93 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,411.58 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,443.90 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,597.45 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,751.00 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,751.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,818.35 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,839.90 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,015.00 ↑ +50%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,424.47 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,424.47 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $2,424.47 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $2,424.47 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $2,424.47 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,478.34 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $2,532.22 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,559.16 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $2,559.16 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,346.93 $143.93 – $2,370.59
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,346.93 $142.50 – $2,586.10
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,346.93 $142.50 – $2,559.16

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