Artery x-rays chest at Atrium Health Stanly

301 Yadkin St, Albermarle, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1073988994

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$576.43

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.

$1,152.85

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.

$50.54 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,106.74 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 $50.54 ↓ -91%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $50.63 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $51.14 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $51.55 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $51.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $52.31 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $52.45 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $138.46 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $305.51 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $352.66 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $428.86 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $451.46 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $463.45 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $496.42 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $499.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $509.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $536.08 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $576.43 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $593.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $604.09 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $617.93 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $691.71 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $734.37 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $749.35 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $749.35 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $778.17 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $780.48 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $830.05 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $893.46 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $922.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $922.28 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,037.57 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $1,037.57 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,037.57 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,083.68 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,083.68 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $1,083.68 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,083.68 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $1,106.74 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,106.74 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays chest at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $576.43 $50.54 – $1,095.21
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $576.43 $50.54 – $1,014.51
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $576.43 $50.54 – $1,095.21
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $576.43 $50.54 – $1,095.21
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $576.43 $50.54 – $1,095.21
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $576.43 $50.54 – $1,060.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $576.43 $50.54 – $1,060.62
Atrium Health Union Monroe $576.43 $50.54 – $1,095.21

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