Benign lesion paring 2-4 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

$264.85

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.

$529.70

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.

$20.63 with Cigna Healthspring vs $508.51 with MedCost — 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 $20.63 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.41 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $24.83 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $25.08 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $25.33 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $62.04 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $63.62 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $87.12 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $87.12 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $87.12 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $140.37 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $162.04 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $171.09 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $197.05 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $229.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $234.13 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $246.31 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $264.85 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $277.56 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $283.92 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $317.82 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $337.42 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $344.31 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $344.31 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $357.55 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $381.38 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $410.52 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $423.76 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $423.76 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $476.73 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $476.73 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $476.73 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $497.92 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $497.92 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $497.92 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $497.92 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $508.51 ↑ +92%
MedCost PPO $508.51 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $264.85 $20.63 – $503.22
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $264.85 $20.63 – $466.14
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $264.85 $20.63 – $503.22
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $264.85 $20.63 – $503.22
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $264.85 $20.63 – $503.22
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $264.85 $20.63 – $487.32
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $264.85 $20.63 – $487.32
Atrium Health Union Monroe $264.85 $20.63 – $503.22

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