Bone biopsy open superficial 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

$3,541.08

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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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$7,082.15

Gross charge

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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.

$129.60 with Cigna Healthspring vs $6,798.86 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

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 $129.60 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $132.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $134.14 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $134.51 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $167.99 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $169.67 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $171.35 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $701.47 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $850.57 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,338.53 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,640.93 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,876.77 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,159.35 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,166.43 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,634.56 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,847.02 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,066.57 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,130.31 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $3,293.20 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,541.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,711.05 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,796.03 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,249.29 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $4,511.33 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $4,603.40 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,603.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,780.45 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $5,099.15 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,488.67 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,665.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,665.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $6,373.94 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $6,373.94 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,373.94 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,657.22 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,657.22 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $6,657.22 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,657.22 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,798.86 ↑ +92%
MedCost PPO $6,798.86 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bone biopsy open superficial at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,728.04
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,232.29
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,728.04
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,728.04
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,728.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,515.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,515.58
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,541.08 $129.60 – $6,728.04

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