Intro long gi tube 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

$171.33

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.

$342.65

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.

$17.67 with Cigna Healthspring vs $328.94 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.67 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.29 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.34 ↓ -89%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.44 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.85 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $41.15 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $64.76 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $79.39 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $90.80 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $104.47 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $104.82 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $110.68 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $127.47 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $148.37 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $151.45 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $159.33 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $171.33 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $179.55 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $183.66 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $205.59 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $218.27 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $222.72 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $222.72 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $231.29 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $231.97 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $246.71 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $265.55 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $274.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $274.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $308.39 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial $308.39 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $308.39 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $322.09 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $322.09 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $322.09 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $322.09 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $328.94 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $328.94 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Intro long gi tube at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $171.33 $17.67 – $325.52
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $171.33 $17.67 – $301.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $171.33 $17.67 – $325.52
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $171.33 $17.67 – $325.52
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $171.33 $17.67 – $325.52
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $171.33 $17.67 – $315.24
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $171.33 $17.67 – $315.24
Atrium Health Union Monroe $171.33 $17.67 – $325.52

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