Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$85.03

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.

$170.05

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.

$25.69 with Alliance vs $161.55 with Beechstreet — 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
Alliance Behavioral Health $25.69 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $44.49 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $45.06 ↓ -47%
ChoiceCare Commercial $47.02 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $47.02 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $51.31 ↓ -40%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $51.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.31 ↓ -40%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $51.82 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $51.82 ↓ -39%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $51.82 ↓ -39%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $51.82 ↓ -39%
Partners Managed Medicaid $51.82 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $52.02 ↓ -39%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $52.34 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.34 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $53.11 ↓ -38%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $54.03 ↓ -36%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $54.44 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $58.55 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $63.26 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $73.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $75.16 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $79.07 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $85.03 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $89.11 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $91.15 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $100.84 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $110.53 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $110.53 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $114.78 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $153.05 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $153.05 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $153.05 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $153.05 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $156.45 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $159.85 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $161.55 ↑ +90%
Beechstreet Commercial $161.55 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Atrium Health Union Monroe $85.03 $22.70 – $161.55

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