Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$136.63

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.

$273.25

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.

$27.02 with Humana vs $262.32 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 $27.02 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $27.42 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $27.81 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $27.90 ↓ -80%
Partners Managed Medicaid $32.79 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $32.82 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $33.09 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $33.09 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $33.09 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $33.42 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $33.42 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $33.75 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $34.07 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $47.98 ↓ -65%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $72.41 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $83.59 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $101.65 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $107.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $109.85 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $117.66 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $118.32 ↓ -13%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $127.06 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $136.63 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $140.78 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $143.18 ↑ +5%
Employers Health Network Commercial $144.82 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $146.46 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $163.95 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $174.06 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $177.61 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $177.61 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $184.44 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $184.99 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $196.74 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $211.77 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $218.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $218.60 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $245.93 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $245.93 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $245.93 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $256.86 ↑ +88%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $256.86 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $256.86 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $256.86 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $262.32 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $262.32 ↑ +92%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $136.63 $27.02 – $259.59
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $136.63 $51.92 – $273.25
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $136.63 $27.02 – $259.59
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $136.63 $27.02 – $259.59
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $136.63 $27.02 – $259.59
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $136.63 $27.02 – $251.39
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $136.63 $27.02 – $251.39
Atrium Health Union Monroe $136.63 $27.02 – $259.59

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