Natriuretic peptide 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

$133.30

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.

$266.60

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.

$39.88 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $253.27 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 $39.88 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.05 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $40.28 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $40.63 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $40.63 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $40.63 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $40.63 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $40.63 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $41.03 ↓ -69%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $41.03 ↓ -69%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $41.22 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.34 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $41.86 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $42.29 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $56.05 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $66.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $70.65 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $81.55 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $106.83 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $107.17 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $114.13 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $115.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $117.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $123.97 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $133.30 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $139.70 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $142.90 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $158.09 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $173.29 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $173.29 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $179.96 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $182.09 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $207.15 ↑ +55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $239.94 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $239.94 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $239.94 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $239.94 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $239.94 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $245.27 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $250.60 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $253.27 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $253.27 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Natriuretic peptide at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $133.30 $42.29 – $234.61
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $133.30 $32.71 – $253.27
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $133.30 $37.32 – $253.27
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $133.30 $30.07 – $253.27
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $133.30 $26.66 – $245.27
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $133.30 $34.66 – $253.27

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