Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance 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

$2,207.98

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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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$4,415.95

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.

$85.65 with Wellcare vs $4,195.15 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
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $85.65 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $85.65 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $87.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $91.83 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.67 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $95.31 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $173.88 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $173.88 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $173.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $231.41 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $233.79 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $233.79 ↓ -89%
MedCost PPO $328.41 ↓ -85%
MedCost Ultra $328.41 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $667.25 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,170.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,350.84 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,642.73 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,912.11 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,951.85 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,053.42 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,207.98 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,313.96 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,366.95 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,870.37 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,870.37 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,980.77 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,016.09 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial $3,974.36 ↑ +80%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,974.36 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $3,974.36 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,974.36 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $3,974.36 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,062.67 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,195.15 ↑ +90%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,195.15 ↑ +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 $2,207.98 $86.51 – $3,886.04
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,207.98 $85.65 – $4,195.15

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