Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body 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

$134.65

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.

$269.30

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.

$32.32 with Partners vs $258.53 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $32.32 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $32.34 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $32.61 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $32.61 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $32.61 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $32.94 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $32.94 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $33.26 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $47.29 ↓ -65%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $71.36 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $82.38 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $86.98 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $100.18 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $116.42 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $116.61 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $118.75 ↓ -12%
Employers Health Network Commercial $119.03 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $120.49 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $120.83 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $121.89 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $125.22 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $134.65 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $141.11 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $144.34 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $160.37 ↑ +19%
Magellan Behavioral Health $161.58 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $171.54 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $173.97 ↑ +29%
GMMI Commercial $175.05 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $175.05 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $181.78 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $182.32 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $193.90 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $208.71 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $215.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $215.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $242.37 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $242.37 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $242.37 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $253.14 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $253.14 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $253.14 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $253.14 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $258.53 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $258.53 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $134.65 $40.29 – $255.84
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $134.65 $50.36 – $236.98
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $134.65 $35.01 – $255.84

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