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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at Atrium Health Cabarrus

920 Church St N, Concord, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1487866315

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,518.40

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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$5,036.80

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.

$93.49 with Trillium vs $4,784.96 with Multiplan — 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 $93.49 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $93.49 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $94.42 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $95.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $97.41 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $99.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $100.82 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $101.10 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $121.76 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $290.13 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $435.32 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $624.06 ↓ -75%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,095.50 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,166.02 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,334.75 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,446.30 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,463.19 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,828.36 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,024.79 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,090.27 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,180.93 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,226.27 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,518.40 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $2,709.80 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,022.08 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,072.45 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,273.92 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,273.92 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,399.84 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,626.50 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $3,777.60 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,029.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,029.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,029.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,029.44 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,130.18 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,130.18 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,281.28 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,533.12 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,784.96 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,784.96
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,518.40 $94.42 – $4,432.38
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,784.96
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,784.96
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,633.86
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,633.86
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,835.33
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,518.40 $93.49 – $4,784.96

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →