X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views 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

$299.28

Cash price

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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.

$598.55

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.

$9.08 with Trillium vs $574.61 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 $9.08 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.26 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $10.03 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.41 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $26.88 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $26.88 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $26.88 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $42.16 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $42.84 ↓ -86%
ChoiceCare Commercial $51.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $54.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Broad Network $59.57 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $59.60 ↓ -80%
MedCost PPO $61.01 ↓ -80%
MedCost Ultra $61.01 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $71.89 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $158.62 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $183.10 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial NB $259.17 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $264.56 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $299.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $320.82 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $359.13 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $389.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $389.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $404.02 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $430.96 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $463.88 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $478.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $478.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $538.70 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $538.70 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $538.70 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $562.64 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $562.64 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $562.64 ↑ +88%
Beechstreet Commercial $574.61 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $299.28 $9.08 – $568.62
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $299.28 $9.17 – $526.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $299.28 $9.08 – $568.62
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $299.28 $9.08 – $568.62
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $299.28 $9.08 – $568.62
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $299.28 $9.08 – $550.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $299.28 $9.08 – $550.67
Atrium Health Union Monroe $299.28 $9.08 – $568.62

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