Magnesium 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

$73.00

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.

$146.00

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.

$6.43 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $138.70 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $6.43 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $6.79 ↓ -91%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6.79 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.83 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.93 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.04 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.06 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $8.26 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $8.26 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
Partners Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $8.34 ↓ -89%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $8.43 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $8.46 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $9.14 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $9.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $11.26 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $11.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna Broad Network $12.46 ↓ -83%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $14.27 ↓ -80%
MedCost PPO $15.03 ↓ -79%
MedCost Ultra $15.03 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $22.06 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $38.69 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $44.66 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial NB $63.22 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $64.53 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $73.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $78.26 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $94.90 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $94.90 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $98.55 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $131.40 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $131.40 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $131.40 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $131.40 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $134.32 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $138.70 ↑ +90%
Beechstreet Commercial $138.70 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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