CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$2,745.60

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.

$5,491.20

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.

$52.71 with Trillium vs $5,271.55 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 $52.71 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $53.24 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $53.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $56.15 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $57.27 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $58.12 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.28 ↓ -98%
Alliance Behavioral Health $659.49 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $853.88 ↓ -69%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $906.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,120.75 ↓ -59%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,455.17 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,474.39 ↓ -46%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,679.76 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,042.73 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,207.46 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,377.69 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,427.11 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,745.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,943.28 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,294.72 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $3,497.89 ↑ +27%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,569.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,569.28 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,706.56 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,717.54 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $3,953.66 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,255.68 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,392.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,392.96 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $4,942.08 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $4,942.08 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,942.08 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,161.73 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,161.73 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,161.73 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $5,161.73 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,271.55 ↑ +92%
MedCost PPO $5,271.55 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,216.64
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,745.60 $53.24 – $4,832.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,216.64
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,216.64
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,216.64
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,051.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,051.90
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,745.60 $52.71 – $5,216.64

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