Caloric vstblr test w/rec 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

$82.40

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.

$164.80

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.

$5.61 with Cigna Healthspring vs $158.21 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $5.61 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.72 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.81 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.82 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13.49 ↓ -84%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Partners Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -83%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $13.76 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $19.79 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $43.67 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $50.41 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $61.31 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $64.54 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $66.25 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $70.96 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $71.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $72.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $76.63 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $82.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $84.90 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $86.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $88.33 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $98.88 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $104.98 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $107.12 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $107.12 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $111.24 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $111.57 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $118.66 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $127.72 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $131.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $131.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $148.32 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $148.32 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $148.32 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $154.91 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $154.91 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $154.91 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $154.91 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $158.21 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $158.21 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Caloric vstblr test w/rec at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $82.40 $5.61 – $156.56
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $82.40 $5.61 – $145.02
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $82.40 $5.61 – $156.56
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $82.40 $5.61 – $156.56
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $82.40 $5.61 – $156.56
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $82.40 $5.61 – $517.57
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $82.40 $5.61 – $151.62
Atrium Health Union Monroe $82.40 $5.61 – $156.56

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