Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri 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

$511.08

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.

$1,022.15

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.

$34.75 with Wellcare vs $971.04 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 $34.75 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $34.75 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $35.10 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.45 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.94 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $37.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.23 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.34 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $154.45 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $270.87 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $312.68 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $380.24 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $409.58 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $410.90 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $437.58 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $442.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $451.79 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $475.30 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $511.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $535.61 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $538.98 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $547.87 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $606.13 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $664.40 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $664.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $689.95 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $698.13 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $794.21 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $919.94 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $919.94 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $919.94 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $919.94 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $919.94 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $940.38 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $960.82 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $971.04 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $971.04 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $511.08 $35.10 – $899.49
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $511.08 $34.75 – $971.04
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $511.08 $34.75 – $971.04
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $511.08 $34.75 – $971.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $511.08 $34.75 – $940.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $511.08 $34.75 – $940.38
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $511.08 $34.75 – $981.26
Atrium Health Union Monroe $511.08 $34.75 – $971.04

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