Inst via cath agent pleurds 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

$207.98

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.

$415.95

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.

$62.23 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $395.15 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $62.23 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $62.85 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $63.39 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $63.39 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $63.39 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $63.39 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $64.01 ↓ -69%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $64.01 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $65.30 ↓ -69%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $68.84 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $70.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $71.25 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $71.45 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $89.71 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $110.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $127.24 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $154.73 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $166.67 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $167.21 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $178.07 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $180.11 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $183.85 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $193.42 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $207.98 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $217.96 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $219.33 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $222.95 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $246.66 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $270.37 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $270.37 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $280.77 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $284.09 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $323.19 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $374.36 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $374.36 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $374.36 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $374.36 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $374.36 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $382.67 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $390.99 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $395.15 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $395.15 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Inst via cath agent pleurds at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $207.98 $68.84 – $366.04
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $207.98 $51.04 – $395.15
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $207.98 $58.23 – $395.15
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $207.98 $46.92 – $395.15
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $207.98 $68.84 – $382.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $207.98 $41.60 – $382.67
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $207.98 $49.91 – $399.31
Atrium Health Union Monroe $207.98 $54.07 – $395.15

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