MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$2,552.60

Cash price

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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.

$5,105.20

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.

$88.76 with Wellcare vs $4,849.94 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 $88.76 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $88.76 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $90.54 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $95.19 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $97.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $98.52 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $771.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $906.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,352.88 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,561.68 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,899.13 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,045.65 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,052.29 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,185.54 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,210.55 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,256.50 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,552.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,691.97 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,736.39 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $3,027.38 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,318.38 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,318.38 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,446.01 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,486.85 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,966.74 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,594.68 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,594.68 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $4,594.68 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $4,594.68 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $4,594.68 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,696.78 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $4,798.89 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,849.94 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $4,849.94 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,552.60 $89.65 – $4,492.58
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,696.78
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,696.78
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,900.99
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94

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