Biopsy of lip 40490 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

$399.75

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.

$799.50

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.

$55.20 with Trillium vs $767.52 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $55.20 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $55.75 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $56.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $64.12 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $65.40 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $66.36 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $66.55 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $96.02 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $151.11 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $185.24 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $209.79 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $211.87 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $244.57 ↓ -39%
Aetna Broad Network $258.85 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $297.41 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $321.40 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $346.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $353.38 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $371.77 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $399.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $428.53 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $479.70 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $509.28 ↑ +27%
Quik Trip Commercial $519.68 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $519.68 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $539.66 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $541.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $575.64 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $619.61 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $639.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $639.60 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $719.55 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $719.55 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $719.55 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $751.53 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $751.53 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $751.53 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $751.53 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $767.52 ↑ +92%
MedCost PPO $767.52 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Biopsy of lip 40490 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $399.75 $55.20 – $759.53
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $399.75 $55.75 – $703.56
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $399.75 $55.20 – $759.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $399.75 $55.20 – $759.53
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $399.75 $55.20 – $759.53
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $399.75 $55.20 – $735.54
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $399.75 $55.20 – $735.54
Atrium Health Union Monroe $399.75 $55.20 – $759.53

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