Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$363.90

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.

$727.80

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.

$84.53 with Trillium vs $698.69 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 $84.53 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $86.22 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $87.41 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $115.55 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $117.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.59 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $119.92 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $192.87 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $222.63 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $235.08 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $270.74 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $315.14 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $321.69 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $329.40 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $332.85 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $332.85 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $338.43 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $363.90 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $381.37 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $383.23 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $390.10 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $436.68 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $463.61 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $473.07 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $473.07 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $491.27 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $524.02 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $564.05 ↑ +55%
Cigna Behavioral Health $582.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $582.24 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $655.02 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $655.02 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $655.02 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $684.13 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $684.13 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $684.13 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $684.13 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $698.69 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $698.69 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $363.90 $84.53 – $691.41
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $363.90 $85.38 – $640.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $363.90 $84.53 – $691.41
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $363.90 $84.53 – $691.41
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $363.90 $82.10 – $691.41
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $363.90 $75.38 – $669.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $363.90 $72.78 – $669.58
Atrium Health Union Monroe $363.90 $84.53 – $691.41

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