X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$425.03

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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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$850.05

Gross charge

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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.

$19.05 with Trillium vs $816.05 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 $19.05 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $19.24 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $19.43 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $26.64 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $27.57 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $27.65 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $102.09 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $225.26 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $260.03 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $316.22 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $332.88 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $341.72 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $366.03 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $368.07 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $375.72 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $395.27 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $425.03 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $437.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $445.43 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $455.63 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $510.03 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $541.48 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $552.53 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $552.53 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $573.78 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $575.48 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $612.04 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $658.79 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $680.04 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $680.04 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $765.05 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $765.05 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $765.05 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $799.05 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $799.05 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $799.05 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $799.05 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $816.05 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $816.05 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $425.03 $19.05 – $807.55
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $425.03 $19.24 – $748.04
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $425.03 $19.05 – $807.55
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $425.03 $19.05 – $807.55
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $425.03 $19.05 – $807.55
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $425.03 $19.05 – $782.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $425.03 $19.05 – $782.05
Atrium Health Union Monroe $425.03 $19.05 – $807.55

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