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Proton treatment complex 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

$6,016.25

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.

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$12,032.50

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.

$981.65 with Cigna Healthspring vs $11,430.88 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $981.65 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,001.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,016.01 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,018.81 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,800.06 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,818.11 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,833.75 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,833.75 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,833.75 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,833.75 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,851.80 ↓ -69%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,851.80 ↓ -69%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,889.10 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $2,659.18 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,188.61 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,680.74 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,476.09 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,821.42 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,837.07 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,151.11 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,210.07 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,318.37 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $5,595.11 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,016.25 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $6,305.03 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,344.74 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,449.42 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $7,135.27 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $7,821.13 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $7,821.13 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,121.94 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8,218.20 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $9,349.25 ↑ +55%
Healthgram Commercial $10,829.25 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $10,829.25 ↑ +80%
ChoiceCare Commercial $10,829.25 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $10,829.25 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $10,829.25 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $11,069.90 ↑ +84%
MedCost PPO $11,310.55 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $11,430.88 ↑ +90%
Beechstreet Commercial $11,430.88 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Proton treatment complex at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,016.25 $981.65 – $12,032.50
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,430.88
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,430.88
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,430.88
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,069.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,069.90
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $6,016.25 $981.65 – $11,551.20

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