Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$355.25

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.

$710.50

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.

$27.32 with Trillium vs $682.08 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 $27.32 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $27.59 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $27.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $31.73 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $32.36 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $32.93 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $34.77 ↓ -90%
MedCost Ultra $45.53 ↓ -87%
MedCost PPO $45.53 ↓ -87%
Aetna First Health Commercial $51.28 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.28 ↓ -86%
Aetna Broad Network $51.28 ↓ -86%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $51.28 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $85.33 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $106.07 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $106.07 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $106.07 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $188.28 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $217.34 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $264.31 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $307.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $314.04 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $355.25 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $380.83 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $426.30 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $461.83 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $461.83 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $479.59 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $511.56 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $568.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $568.40 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $639.45 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $639.45 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $667.87 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $667.87 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $667.87 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $667.87 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $682.08 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $355.25 $27.32 – $674.98
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $355.25 $27.59 – $625.24
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $355.25 $27.32 – $674.98
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $355.25 $27.32 – $674.98
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $355.25 $27.32 – $674.98
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $355.25 $27.32 – $653.66
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $355.25 $27.32 – $653.66
Atrium Health Union Monroe $355.25 $27.32 – $674.98

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