Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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

$4.55

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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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$9.09

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.

$1.09 with Partners vs $9.57 with United Healthcare — 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $1.09 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1.09 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1.11 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1.11 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1.12 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1.13 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -65%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2.22 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2.41 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2.75 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2.75 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.75 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2.78 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3.00 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3.00 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3.38 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $3.94 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $4.23 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4.55 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $4.76 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4.82 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4.87 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5.45 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $5.79 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $5.91 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $5.91 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6.14 ↑ +35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $6.37 ↑ +40%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $6.54 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7.27 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7.27 ↑ +60%
MedCost PPO $7.71 ↑ +69%
First Health Commercial $8.18 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $8.18 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $8.18 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $8.54 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $8.54 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $8.54 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $8.73 ↑ +92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.27 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.41 ↑ +107%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $9.54 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.57 ↑ +110%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4.55 $1.36 – $9.54
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4.55 $1.73 – $8.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4.55 $1.12 – $11.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4.55 $1.27 – $9.54
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $4.55 $1.03 – $11.36
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4.55 $1.98 – $11.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4.55 $0.91 – $11.36
Atrium Health Union Monroe $4.55 $1.18 – $11.36

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