Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$191.15

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.

$382.30

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.

$17.62 with Humana vs $367.01 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.62 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.87 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $18.13 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.19 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $45.88 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $45.91 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $46.30 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $46.30 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $46.30 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $46.76 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $46.76 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $47.21 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $47.67 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $67.13 ↓ -65%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $101.31 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $116.95 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $142.22 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $149.71 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $153.68 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $164.62 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $165.54 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $177.77 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $191.15 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.96 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $200.33 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $202.62 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $204.91 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $229.38 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $243.53 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $248.50 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $248.50 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $258.05 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $258.82 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $275.26 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $296.28 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $305.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $305.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $344.07 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $344.07 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $344.07 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $359.36 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $359.36 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $359.36 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $359.36 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $367.01 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $367.01 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $191.15 $17.62 – $363.19
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $191.15 $72.64 – $382.30
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $191.15 $17.62 – $363.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $191.15 $17.62 – $363.19
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $191.15 $17.62 – $363.19
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $191.15 $17.62 – $351.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $191.15 $17.62 – $351.72
Atrium Health Union Monroe $191.15 $17.62 – $363.19

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