Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$127.30

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$254.60

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$15.02 with Trillium vs $244.42 with Beechstreet — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Trillium Managed Medicaid $15.02 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $15.32 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $16.68 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.01 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.26 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.31 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $30.58 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $67.47 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $77.88 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $94.71 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $99.70 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $102.35 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $109.63 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $110.24 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $118.39 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $127.30 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $131.17 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $133.41 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $134.94 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $136.47 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $152.76 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $162.18 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $165.49 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $165.49 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $171.86 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $172.36 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $183.31 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $197.32 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $203.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $203.68 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $229.14 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $229.14 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $229.14 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $239.32 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $239.32 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $239.32 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $239.32 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $244.42 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $244.42 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $127.30 $15.02 – $241.87
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $127.30 $15.17 – $224.05
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $127.30 $15.02 – $241.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $127.30 $15.02 – $241.87
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $127.30 $15.02 – $241.87
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $127.30 $15.02 – $234.23
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $127.30 $15.02 – $234.23
Atrium Health Union Monroe $127.30 $15.02 – $241.87

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →