Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$35.98

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.

$71.95

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.

$4.40 with Humana vs $69.07 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 $4.40 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.46 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.54 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $4.70 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $4.79 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $8.64 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $19.07 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $22.01 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $26.77 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $28.18 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $28.92 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $30.98 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $31.15 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $33.46 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $35.98 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $37.07 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $37.70 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $38.13 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $38.57 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $43.17 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $45.83 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $46.77 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $46.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $48.57 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $48.71 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $51.80 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $55.76 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $57.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $57.56 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $64.76 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $64.76 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $64.76 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $67.63 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $67.63 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $67.63 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $67.63 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $69.07 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $69.07 ↑ +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 $35.98 $4.40 – $68.35
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Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $35.98 $4.40 – $66.19
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $35.98 $4.40 – $66.19
Atrium Health Union Monroe $35.98 $4.40 – $68.35

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