X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) 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

$171.23

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.

$342.45

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.

$6.13 with Trillium vs $328.75 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 $6.13 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $6.25 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $6.86 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.10 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.12 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $41.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $90.75 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $104.76 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $127.39 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $134.10 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $137.66 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $147.46 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $148.28 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $151.36 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $159.24 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $171.23 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $176.43 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $179.44 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $183.55 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $205.47 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $218.14 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $222.59 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $222.59 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $231.15 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $231.84 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $246.56 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $265.40 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $273.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $273.96 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $308.21 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $308.21 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $308.21 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $321.90 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $321.90 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $321.90 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $321.90 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $328.75 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $328.75 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $171.23 $6.13 – $325.33
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $171.23 $6.19 – $301.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $171.23 $6.13 – $325.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $171.23 $6.13 – $325.33
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $171.23 $6.13 – $325.33
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $171.23 $6.13 – $315.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $171.23 $6.13 – $315.05
Atrium Health Union Monroe $171.23 $6.13 – $325.33

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