Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst 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

$360.38

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.

$720.75

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.

$69.52 with Trillium vs $691.92 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $69.52 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $70.22 ↓ -81%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $70.91 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $86.56 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $89.40 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $91.19 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $92.53 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $92.78 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $136.22 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $167.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $191.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $219.76 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $220.48 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $232.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $246.50 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $253.28 ↓ -30%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $268.12 ↓ -26%
Aetna Broad Network $271.97 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial NB $312.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $318.57 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $360.38 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $386.32 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $432.45 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $459.12 ↑ +27%
Quik Trip Commercial $468.49 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $468.49 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $486.51 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $518.94 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $558.58 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $576.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $576.60 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $648.68 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $648.68 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $648.68 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $677.51 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $677.51 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $677.51 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $677.51 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $691.92 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $691.92 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $360.38 $69.52 – $684.71
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $360.38 $70.22 – $634.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $360.38 $69.52 – $684.71
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $360.38 $69.52 – $684.71
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $360.38 $69.52 – $684.71
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $360.38 $69.52 – $663.09
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $360.38 $69.52 – $663.09
Atrium Health Union Monroe $360.38 $69.52 – $684.71

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