Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$819.83

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.

$1,639.65

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.

$72.71 with Trillium vs $1,574.06 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $72.71 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $73.44 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $74.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $75.79 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $77.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $78.44 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $78.66 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $196.92 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $309.89 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $379.91 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $434.51 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $499.93 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $501.57 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $609.95 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $659.14 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $709.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $724.73 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $762.44 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $819.83 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $859.18 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $878.85 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $983.79 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $1,044.46 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $1,065.77 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,065.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,106.76 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,110.04 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $1,180.55 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,270.73 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,311.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,311.72 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,475.69 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $1,475.69 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $1,475.69 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,541.27 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,541.27 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $1,541.27 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,541.27 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $1,574.06 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,574.06 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy abdominal mass at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $819.83 $72.71 – $1,557.67
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $819.83 $73.44 – $1,442.89
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $819.83 $72.71 – $1,557.67
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $819.83 $72.71 – $1,557.67
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $819.83 $72.71 – $1,508.48
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $819.83 $72.71 – $1,508.48
Atrium Health Union Monroe $819.83 $72.71 – $1,557.67

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