X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$527.35

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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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$1,054.70

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.

$28.71 with Trillium vs $1,012.51 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 $28.71 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $29.28 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $39.56 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $40.94 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.06 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $126.67 ↓ -76%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $279.50 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $322.63 ↓ -39%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $392.35 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $413.02 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $423.99 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $454.15 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $456.69 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $466.18 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $490.44 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $527.35 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $543.38 ↑ +3%
Aetna Broad Network $552.66 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $565.32 ↑ +7%
Magellan Behavioral Health $632.82 ↑ +20%
MedCost Ultra $671.84 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $685.56 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $685.56 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $711.92 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $714.03 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Commercial $759.38 ↑ +44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $817.39 ↑ +55%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $843.76 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $843.76 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $949.23 ↑ +80%
Healthgram Commercial $949.23 ↑ +80%
Aetna First Health Commercial $949.23 ↑ +80%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $991.42 ↑ +88%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $991.42 ↑ +88%
Multiplan Commercial $991.42 ↑ +88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $991.42 ↑ +88%
MedCost PPO $1,012.51 ↑ +92%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,012.51 ↑ +92%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $527.35 $28.71 – $1,001.97
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $527.35 $29.00 – $928.14
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $527.35 $28.71 – $1,001.97
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $527.35 $28.71 – $1,001.97
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $527.35 $28.71 – $1,001.97
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $527.35 $28.71 – $970.32
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $527.35 $28.71 – $970.32
Atrium Health Union Monroe $527.35 $28.71 – $1,001.97

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