Heparin assay 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

$157.20

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.

$314.40

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.

$13.35 with Humana vs $301.82 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.55 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $13.74 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.79 ↓ -91%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $16.14 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $16.46 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $37.76 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $83.32 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $96.17 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $116.96 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $123.12 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $126.39 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $135.38 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $136.14 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $146.20 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $157.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $161.98 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $164.75 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $166.63 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $168.52 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $188.64 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $200.27 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $204.36 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $204.36 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $212.22 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $212.85 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $226.37 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $243.66 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $251.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $251.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $282.96 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $282.96 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $282.96 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $295.54 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $295.54 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $295.54 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $295.54 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $301.82 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $301.82 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $157.20 $13.35 – $298.68
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $157.20 $13.35 – $298.68

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